Definitions for ciboriumsɪˈbɔr i əm, -ˈboʊr-; -ˈbɔr i ə, -ˈboʊr-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ci•bo•ri•umsɪˈbɔr i əm, -ˈboʊr-; -ˈbɔr i ə, -ˈboʊr-(n.)(pl.)-bo•ri•a
a permanent canopy over an altar; baldachin.
Category: Religion
a vessel for holding the consecrated bread or sacred wafers for the Eucharist.
Category: Religion
Origin of ciborium:
1645–55; < L: drinking-cup < Gk kibṓrion lit., the seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, which the cup appar. resembled
Wiktionary
ciborium(Noun)
A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
ciborium(Noun)
A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
Webster Dictionary
Ciborium(noun)
a canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar
Ciborium(noun)
the coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx
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