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Consecrated vs Ciborium - What's the difference?

consecrated | ciborium |

As a verb consecrated

is (consecrate).

As a noun ciborium is

a fixed vaulted canopy over a christian altar, supported on four columns.

consecrated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (consecrate)

    • consecrate

    English

    Verb

    (consecrat)
  • To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
  • * 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
    • But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate', we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have ' consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

    Synonyms

    * * * (l)

    Antonyms

    * desecrate * defile

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • They were assembled in that consecrate place.
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    ciborium

    English

    (wikipedia ciborium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
  • A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

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