ciborium

Signification (Anglais)

1. A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
2. A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

Concepts

ciboire

ciborium

Synonymes

pyx

Traductions

Ziborium

ciborie

Hostiengefäss

ιερό σκεύος

στέγασμα βωμού

κιβώριο

ciborio

kelk

hostiekelk

ciborium

baldaquí

copón

copó

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.