单词 | ostensorium |
释义 | ostensoriumn. Roman Catholic Church. An open or transparent receptacle used to display the Host to the congregation at mass; a monstrance. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > monstrance > [noun] monstrance1434 mustenaunce1479 monstrec1480 monstrant1509 monstrate1524 monstral1532 observator1560 remonstrance1656 ostensorio1722 ostensorium1758 ostensory1787 ostensor1804 ostensoir1833 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. 40 The sacred vessels, the chalices, ostensoriums [Sp. las varias Custodias, y Vasos Sagrados]..in the richness of which there is a sort of emulation between the several churches. 1867 Catholic World Sept. 747/1 In the sacristy was a beautiful ostensorium, with an emerald and pearl cross. 1888 Harper's Mag. Feb. 371/2 The priest..walked under the canopy, and held the ostensorium up in an imposing manner as high as his head. 1941 Wisconsin: Guide to Badger State (Federal Writers' Project) 149 A single ostensorium of sterling silver, now in the Green Bay Museum, has been preserved from the period of French settlement. 1994 Notes & Queries Somerset & Dorset Sept. 314 Many such pieces had a further function in that they served as ostensoria, or monstrances, in which the Host could also be exhibited. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1758 |
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