A ciborium (canopy) A ciborium (receptacle) FromMedieval Latin cibōrium ( “ drinking-cup ” ) , fromAncient Greek κιβώριον ( kibṓrion ,“ theEgyptian water-lily ’scupulate seed pod ”,or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom ” ) .[ 1] Doublet ofcimborio
ciborium (plural ciboriums or ciboria
( architecture ) fixed vaulted canopy over aChristian altar ,supported on fourcolumns .( Christianity ) covered receptacle forholding theconsecrated wafers of theEucharist .Synonym: pyx 1982 The Newton Letter :Michael came after her, solemnly bearing the teapot like aciborium .
Borrowed fromLatin ciborium Doublet ofciboire
ciborium m plural ciboriums
ciborium Borrowed fromAncient Greek κιβώριον ( kibṓrion ) .
cibōrium n genitive cibōriī or cibōrī second declension
theseedvessel ofsacred lotus Egyptians by extension, any drinking vesselapproximating the shape of theseedcase of thesacred lotus 23BCE BCE ,
Horace ,
Odes II.7.21–23 :
Oblivioso levia Massicociboria exple, funde capacibus Fill the lightgoblets with wine from the Massicus that wreaks forgetfulness, slop salves from big shells! ( Medieval Latin ) vaulted canopy over aChristian altar fixed on fourcolumns Synonyms: umbrāculum tegumen Second-declension noun (neuter).
1 Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
“ciborium Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “ciborium ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. "ciborium ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis Ernout, Alfred ;Meillet, Antoine (1985 ), “ciborium ”, inDictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections ofJacques André , Paris: Klincksieck, published2001 
