ostensory
/ɒˈstɛns(ə)ri
/noun (plural ostensories)
Another term for monstrance.A ludicrously ornate 1699 ostensory, 1m high, weighing over 12kg and studded with more than 6,000 diamonds.
Origin
Early 18th century: from medieval Latin ostensorium, from ostens- 'stretched out to view' (see ostensible).
Rhymes
- North Equatorial Current
- norther
- northering
- northerliness
- northerly
- northermost
- northern
- Northern blot
- northern canoe
- Northern Cape
- Northern Circars
- Northern Cross
- Northern Crown
- northern dawn
- northerner
- northern hemisphere
- Northern Indian
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Irish
- Northern Irishman
- northernisation
- northernise
- northernised
- northernism
- northernization