Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as monstrance.

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  • noun monstrance

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Examples

  • Tabernacle signified in the Middle Ages sometimes a ciborium-altar, a structure resting on pillars and covered with a baldachino that was set over an altar, sometimes an ostensory or monstrance, a tower-shaped vessel for preserving and exhibiting relics and the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • The ostensorium (ostensory, monstrance) is a glass-framed shrine in which the Blessed Sacrament is publicly exposed.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • In this period the feast of Corpus Christi was first introduced (1312), and thereby a new metal vessel, the monstrance or ostensory, made necessary.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • AP - Pope Benedict XVI, center, flanked by bishops Franco Camaldo, right, and Guido Marini holds the ostensory … By VICTOR L.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • AP: Pope Benidict XVI carrying the ostensory in Corps Christi procession Put yourself back in earth.

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  • Among the ecclesiastical treasures the Nazis had sheltered was a reliquary containing a sliver purported to be from the True Cross, a burse or relic box with soil soaked with the blood of the martyr Saint Stephen, a tiny casket with threads from the robe worn by the apostle John, links from a chain that shackled Saint Paul, and an ostensory, or holy container, with a bone of legendary Theban legionnaire Mauritius, otherwise known as Saint Maurice.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Among the ecclesiastical treasures the Nazis had sheltered was a reliquary containing a sliver purported to be from the True Cross, a burse or relic box with soil soaked with the blood of the martyr Saint Stephen, a tiny casket with threads from the robe worn by the apostle John, links from a chain that shackled Saint Paul, and an ostensory, or holy container, with a bone of legendary Theban legionnaire Mauritius, otherwise known as Saint Maurice.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

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