ciborium

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A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns
A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist
The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx
A box in which the Host (wafers or bread for the Eucharist) is kept; A canopy resting on columns over the altar
A ciborium looks like a chalice with a lid It is used to store the bread for Communion
A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar
A cup that resembles a chalice, except that is has a removable lid A ciborium is used to hold communion wafers during the Eucharist
A cup that resembles a chalice, except that it has a removable lid A ciborium is used to hold communion wafers during the Eucharist
{i} vaulted freestanding canopy over an altar; covered goblet-shaped cup used to hold the Eucharist during church ceremonies
A canopy, often freestanding and supported by four columns, erected over an altar; also, a covered cup used in the sacraments of the Christian Church See baldacchino
a metal vessel from which particles of the Blessed Sacrament are distributed in communion
A vessel very similar to the chalice in metal, size and adornment, however it has a cover It is used to contain Reserved Sacrament and is kept in the aumbry
Vessel in which the hosts for the Eucharistic sacrifice are kept Shaped like a chalice with a lid, or as a bowl The term is sometimes used about a canopy over a high altar (ciborium magnum), but this is properly called a baldachino or canopy
ciborium

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    Etymologie

    () From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibōrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”).“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
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