Look up: monstrance

1. monstrance
   Container for eucharistic wafers which contains an opening through which they can be viewed.
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2. monstrance
   [n] - (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
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3. monstrance
   In the Roman Catholic Church, a vessel used from the 13th century to hold the Host (bread consecrated in the Eucharist) when exposed at benediction or in processions. ...
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4. Monstrance
   Mon'strance noun [ Late Latin monstrantia , from Latin monstrare to show: confer Old French monstrance . See Monster .] (R. C. Ch.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
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5. monstrance
   A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view. ... Origin: LL. Monstrantia, fr. L. Monstrare to show: cf. OF. Monstrance. See Monster. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. monstrance
   noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
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7. monstrance
   noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
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8. Monstrance
   • (n.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
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9. monstrance
   in the Roman Catholic church and some other churches, a vessel in which the eucharistic host is carried in processions and is exposed during certain ... [1 related articles]
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10. monstrance
    monstrance In the Roman Catholic Church, a receptacle that holds the Host (the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist or Communion for the Mass) [Latin: monstrum, 'portent, monster' from monstrare, 'to show, point out, indicate'].
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11. Monstrance
    A monstrance, or remonstrance, also called an ostensorium or expositorium, is the sacred vessel in which, in the Roman Catholic Church, the host is shown to the people at benedictions, processions, and other solemnities. Its use probably dates from the establishment of the festival of Corpus Christi...
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12. Monstrance
    A `monstrance` is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Created in the medieval period for the public display of relics, the monstrance today is usu...
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