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Elevation of the host

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(R. C. Ch.) that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.

See also: Elevation



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And midnight Masses with the elevation of the host timed to the stroke of 12: What's up with that?
The elevation of the host, introduced during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, would sometimes be prolonged for minutes.
At the Elevation of the Host, they really gave it all they could.
 
 
 
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