ciborium

[ si-bawr-ee-uhm, -bohr- ]

noun,plural ci·bo·ri·a [si-bawr-ee-uh, -bohr-]. /sɪˈbɔr i ə, -ˈboʊr-/.
  1. a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.

  2. any container designed to hold the consecrated bread or sacred wafers for the Eucharist.

  1. Archaic. a severy.

Origin of ciborium

1
1645–55; <Latin: drinking-cup <Greek kibṓrion literally, the seed vessel of the Egyptian lotus, which the cup apparently resembled

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British Dictionary definitions for ciborium

ciborium

/ (sɪˈbɔːrɪəm) /


nounplural -ria (-rɪə) Christianity
  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

Origin of ciborium

1
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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