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Webster 1913 Edition
Ciborium
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Ci-bo′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Ciboria
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. [LL., fr. L.
ciborium
a cup, fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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.