ciborio

See also: cibório

Galician

Alternative forms

• cimorro

Noun

ciborio m (plural ciborios)

1. (ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)
2. dome

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ciborio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cibōrium, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: ci‧bò‧rio

Noun

ciborio m (plural cibori)

1. (architecture) ciborium
2. a fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns
3. a covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist

Further reading

• ciborio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• orobici