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Definition of Ciborium
1. n. A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
Definition of Ciborium
1. Noun. A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns. ¹
2. Noun. A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ciborium
1. a vessel for holding holy bread [n -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciborium
Literary usage of Ciborium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite by Giuseppe Baldeschi (1873)
"BENEDICTION WITH THE ciborium. 1. THE practice of terminating sacred functions
by Benediction with the ciborium having been for some time introduced, ..."
2. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1901)
"THE ciborium To protect and dignify the altar (see p. 104) a roof of square plan
supported by four columns was often, erected over it. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Down to the end of the period with which we are now concerned, and even later,
the altar WHS usually covered by a canopy sup]K»rted by columns, the ciborium ..."
4. The Ceremonies of the Mass by William McGarvey, Charles Philip Augustus Burnett (1905)
"If a ciborium was used to hold the hosts for the people, the Priest ought to have
cleansed the paten immediately before he communicated himself with the ..."
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