ciborium
/sɪˈbɔːrɪəm
/noun (plural ciboria /sɪˈbɔːrɪə/)
1A receptacle shaped like a shrine or a cup with an arched cover, used in the Christian Church to hold the Eucharist.Sometimes there are two dishes, a knight on a bier, a head in a dish, a stone, or a ciborium....
- One of these formal tracings is color-coded according to the materials employed, and it details the contours and regulating lines for a silver-gilt ciborium.
- In one of the more memorable scenes Huguette's religious advisers held a ciborium over Leonarde's head, and she was required to lower herself continually so that her head never rose above the Eucharist within it.
2A canopy over an altar in a church, standing on four pillars.This polygonal stage overhangs the altar and thus serves as a monumental ciborium for liturgical activity below....
- The four-sided capital, proposed here as part of a tomb niche, was more likely part of a freestanding ciborium or architectural support.
- It was unified with the altar, its frame echoed the architecture of the building and in some cases, like the high altar in St Peter's, Rome, was given a ciborium.
Origin
Mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek kibōrion 'seed vessel of the water lily or a cup made from it'. sense 1 is probably influenced by Latin cibus 'food'.
Rhymes
- poison bay
- poison berry
- poison book
- poison bulb
- poison-bush
- poison-cart
- poison creeper
- poison cup
- poison dart
- poison dart frog
- poison dogwood
- poisoned chalice
- poison elder
- poisoner
- poison flag
- poison flour
- poison frog
- poisonful
- poison gas
- poison green
- poison hemlock
- poison ivy
- poisonless
- poison mask
- poison-nut