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Definition of Ciborium

Ciborium
Ciborium 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.

Meaning of Ciborium from wikipedia

- In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium (Gr****: κιβώριον; lit. 'ciborion') is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary...
- A ciborium (plural ciboria; Medieval Latin ciborium (drinking cup), from the Ancient Gr**** κιβώριον kibōrion, a type of drinking-cup) is a vessel, normally...
- Ciborium may refer to: Ciborium (container), normally a covered cup for holding hosts from the Christian eucharist, or a shape of Ancient Gr**** cup Ciborium...
- the latter is now unknown. The church had an unusual shrine called the ciborium, a hexagonal, roofed structure at one side of the nave. It was made of...
- itself, while the reserved sacrament are stored in the tabernacle in a ciborium. In many Western liturgical denominations, the paten is typically either...
- Covering the altar, which is located under the dome, is a neo-baroque ciborium or baldaquin, with twisting columns. It was created in Rome in 1900 by...
- Bernini) is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City...
- outside Paris is one leading possibility. The Arnulf Ciborium (a miniature architectural ciborium rather than the vessel for hosts), now in the Munich...
- throne, flanked by candlesticks. The apsis is dominated by the marble ciborium, modelled after the one in St. Mark's in Venice, it was built in 1277 on...
- ornate canopy or pavilion 176 feet (54 m) tall, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, sheltering a statue of the prince facing...