English Explanatory Dictionary

ciborium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/

Word forms

ciborium ciboriums ciboria

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Synonyms

pyx
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