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PREFERRED TERM
Custody  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "custōdia" and the French "custode" meaning vessel. It refers to the representation of the container, the vessel or box used for holding or carrying the consecrated bread or host of the Eucharist to be displayed to the faithfuls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Ciboire

French

Ostensorio

Italian

Custodia

Spanish

URI
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