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1.
a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.
2.
any container designed to hold the consecrated bread or sacred wafers for the Eucharist.
3.
Archaic
.
a severy.
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Origin:
1645–55;
<
Latin:
drinking-cup <
Greek
kibṓrion
literally, the seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, which the cup apparently resembled
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ciborium
(sɪˈbɔːrɪəm)
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n
,
pl
-ria
1.
a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
2.
a freestanding canopy fixed over an altar and supported by four pillars
[C17: from Medieval Latin, from Latin: drinking cup, from Greek
kibōrion
cup-shaped seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, hence, a cup]
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