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cyborium

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English

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Noun

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cyborium (plural cyboriums or cyboria)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ciborium.
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Casentino History Anthropology Environment, Kenneth Caselli, page 64:
      There is in the main church of Bibbiena, a small and rather overlooked piece of sculpture in the local sandstone, a cyborium, (holder for the host), which vividly synthesises such a taste and spirit.
    • 1856, John MILEY (D.D.), The Temporal Sovereignty of the Popes ... Discussed Historically, page 261:
      To St. Andrew's, which is hard-by, he presented a cyborium, weight 135lbs. of the purest silver. The shrine where rests the body of the Apostle of the Gentiles he had inlaid with lamina of silver to the weight of 30lbs.
    • 1893, Architectural Record, page 199:
      At the end was the Emperor's throne, covered by a cyborium, where he received  []

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin cibōrium, from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion).[1][2] First attested in 1547.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sɘˈbɔ.rjum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjum
  • Syllabification: cy‧bo‧rium

Noun

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cyborium n

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

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “cyborium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “cyborium”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cyboryjum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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