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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ciborium /sɪˈbɔːrɪəm/

▶noun (pl. ciboria /-rɪə/)

1 a receptacle with an arched cover, used in the Christian Church to hold the Eucharist.

2 a canopy over an altar in a church, standing on four pillars.

– origin C16: via med. L. from Gk kibōrion ‘seed vessel of the water lily, or a cup made from it’.

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