Definition of Ostensorium. Meaning of Ostensorium. Synonyms of Ostensorium

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Definition of Ostensorium

Ostensorium
Ostensorium Os`ten*so"ri*um, Ostensory Os*ten"so*ry, n.; pl. L. -soria, E. -sories. [NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.] (R. C. Ch.) Same as Monstrance.

Meaning of Ostensorium from wikipedia

- A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches...
- Mary (2009). St. Hyacinth of Poland. TAN Books. ISBN 978-0895554222. "Ostensorium (Monstrance)". Catholic Encyclopedia. "St. Hyacinth". Saints.SPQN.com...
- symbols and reliquaries were added to the sanctuary, including a silver ostensorium by sculptor Zulmiro de Carvalho, in the main chapel of the Blessed Sacrament...
- the Upper Midwest in the 1680s. In 1686 he made a present of a silver ostensorium to the mission which was rediscovered by workmen digging a foundation...
- majority of his works: the statues of St Francis and St Clare bearing the ostensorium at Santa Maria dei Miracoli; the statue of St Justina of Padua over the...
- the cross is one of Bernward's holy attributes. The Cross served as an ostensorium for pieces of the True Cross, which are the most precious of all the...
- devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, they decided to wear a figure of an ostensorium on the breast of their habit. In 1859 Empress Elizabeth of Austria presented...
- the cleric ordered a silver monstrance, to replace the simple wooden ostensorium. In 1762, another campaign was begun to expand the church. A humble community...