ciborium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — Michael came after her, solemnly bearing the teapot like a ciborium.

词形变化

ciboriums plural ciboria plural

词源

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.
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