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os⋅ten⋅so⋅ry

  [o-sten-suh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries. Roman Catholic Church.
monstrance.
Also, ostensorium.

Origin:
1715–25; < ML ostēnsōrium; see ostensive, -tory 2

mon⋅strance

  [mon-struhns]
–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
Also called ostensorium, ostensory.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ML mōnstrantia, equiv. to mōnstr(āre) to show (see muster ) + -antia -ance
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os·ten·so·ri·um   (ŏs'tən-sôr'ē-əm, -sōr'-)   
n.   pl. os·ten·so·ri·a (-sôr'ē-ə, -sōr'-) also os·ten·so·ries Roman Catholic Church
See monstrance.

[Medieval Latin ostēnsōrium, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show; see ostensible.]
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