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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
monstrance /ˈmɒnstr(ə)ns/

▶noun (in the Roman Catholic Church) an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration.

– origin ME (also in the sense ‘demonstration or proof’): from med. L. monstrantia, from L. monstrare ‘to show’.

'monstrance' also found in these Oxford entries:

lunette - ostensory

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