Ciborium Definition

sĭ-bôrē-əm
ciboria
noun
A vaulted canopy permanently placed over an altar.
American Heritage
A canopy of wood, stone, etc. that rests on four columns, esp. one covering an altar; baldachin.
Webster's New World
A covered cup for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ciborium

Noun

Singular:
ciborium
Plural:
ciboria, ciboriums

Origin of Ciborium

  • From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibōrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin cibōrium from Latin a drinking cup from Greek kibōrion probably of Egyptian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ciborium Sentence Examples

  • It has the interesting Evangelical church of St John, built in the 15th century, with carvings by Veit Stoss, paintings by Wohlgemut, Martin Sch6n and others, and a ciborium by Adam Krafft; a fountain, the Schone Brunnen, and several schools.

  • The baptistery belongs to the 13th century; the font is by Andrea Sansovino, and the ciborium by Mino da Fiesole.

  • The church of St Dionysius dated from the 13th century, and possesses a fine screen and a ciborium of 1486.

  • The cathedral, originally Romanesque, but restored after 1300 is in the Gothic style; the façade is good, and so is the ciborium.

  • This baldachin, called liturgically the ciborium, is sometimes hung from the roof by chains in such a way that it can be lowered or raised; sometimes it is fixed to the wall or reredos; sometimes it is a solid structure of wood covered with metal or of marble supported on four columns.

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