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ciborium

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ci·bo·ri·um  (s-bôr-m, -br-)
n. pl. ci·bo·ri·a (-bôr-, -br-)
1. A vaulted canopy permanently placed over an altar.
2. A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
[Medieval Latin cibrium, from Latin, a drinking cup, from Greek kibrion, probably of Egyptian origin.]
ciborium [sɪˈbɔːrɪəm]
n pl -ria [-rɪə] Christianity
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a freestanding canopy fixed over an altar and supported by four pillars
[from Medieval Latin, from Latin: drinking cup, from Greek kibōrion cup-shaped seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, hence, a cup]
Translations
ciborium
n → Ziborium nt


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I was in the portico of Saint Peter's Basilica, I had the ciborium with the consecrated hosts in my hands, and I heard that voice.
The 'right way' of Fr. Luigi Giussani by Magister, Sandro / Catholic Insight
At the foot of the Magdalene, he saw a jar of oil, prophetic of "the weakness of all our good," (50) not the ciborium as Grunewald intended, and as more than one generation occupied with the Crucifixion's ecclesiastical and liturgical allusions has seen.
Encounter with Grunewald by Harrisville, Roy A. / Currents in Theology and Mission
50) The abbess' position before the ciborium is suggestive of her personal ardor for the host, a type of piety that carried particular significance for female worshippers in the late Middle Ages .
Nuns, images, and the ideals of women's monasticism: Two paintings ... by Pearson, Andrea G. / Renaissance Quarterly
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