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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100425" /> == | |||
<p> ( κιβώριον , a cup) , a large chalice (a species of pyx, q.v.) or cup, often of gold or silver, with a cover, surmounted commonly by a cross. It is used to contain the host, or consecrated wafer, in the mass. The name ciborium was also given to a canopy on the altar, supported by four columns, to which the cup, in the shape of a dove, was attached by chains, containing the wafer for the communion of the sick.Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen- Lexikon, 2:545. </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_32280" /> == | |||
<p> (κιβώριον , a cup), a large chalice (a species of pyx, q.v.) or cup, often of gold or silver, with a cover, surmounted commonly by a cross. It is used to contain the host, or consecrated wafer, in the mass. The name ciborium was also given to a canopy on the altar, supported by four columns, to which the cup, in the shape of a dove, was attached by chains, containing the wafer for the communion of the sick.Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen- Lexikon, 2:545. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_100425"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ciborium Ciborium from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_32280"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ciborium Ciborium from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_32280"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ciborium Ciborium from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:16, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
(2):
(n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(κιβώριον , a cup), a large chalice (a species of pyx, q.v.) or cup, often of gold or silver, with a cover, surmounted commonly by a cross. It is used to contain the host, or consecrated wafer, in the mass. The name ciborium was also given to a canopy on the altar, supported by four columns, to which the cup, in the shape of a dove, was attached by chains, containing the wafer for the communion of the sick.Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen- Lexikon, 2:545.
