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Ciborium

//sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
  2. 2
    A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

    "Michael came after her, solemnly bearing the teapot like a ciborium."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”). Doublet of cimborio.

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