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Eucharist vs Ciborium - What's the difference?

eucharist | ciborium |

As a noun ciborium is

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

eucharist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Theosophy) The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.
  • (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
  • The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.

    • Synonyms

    * (sacrament) Holy Communion, Communion * (religious service) Holy Communion, Communion, Mass, Divine Liturgy, (informal) church * (substances received) the elements

    Related terms

    * eucharistic * eucharistical

    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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