Difference between revisions of "Ciborium"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100425" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100425" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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" /> == | == 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> | <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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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.
