What is the meaning of Ciborium?

  • (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
  • (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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