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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.]


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They even open the tabernacle to withdraw ciboria and then return them.
Mr. Joseph Pope writes with respect to liturgical abuses by Pope, Joseph / Catholic Insight
The eucharistic ministers break stacks of the consecrated bread into little pieces for the Communion, which are carried on plates rather than in ciboria, the more usual chalicelike containers for the Communion hosts.
A tale of two dioceses: from Lincoln to Saginaw by Morris, Charles R. / Commonweal
Himself a prisoner in communist camps, he told the newly-confirmed young people of the sacrifices that priests had made to celebrate Mass in the camps, using matchboxes for ciboria and small mugs for chalices.
Eucharistic congress in Poland by DeSouza, Raymond / Catholic Insight
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