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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Ciborium \[d8]Ci*bo"ri*um\, n.: pl. {Ciboria}. [LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr. [?] a seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, a cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed vessel in shape.] 1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. | |
