ciborium

1. A vaulted canopy permanently placed over an altar.
2. A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

[Medieval Latin cibōrium, from Latin, a drinking cup, from Greek kibōrion, probably of Egyptian origin.]

A baldachin.

Ciborium may refer to:

• Ciborium (container)
• Ciborium (architecture)

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