ciborium

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

pyx

Translations

Ziborium

ciboire

ciborium

ciborie

στέγασμα βωμού

κιβώριο

ciborio

kelk

hostiekelk

ciborium

baldaquí

copón

copó

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/

Etymology

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.