A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”). Doublet of cimborio.