noun Download 🔗Share A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns. Examples : "The priest placed the chalice on the altar, beneath the shade of the ornate, marble ciborium supported by four towering columns. " architecture religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist. Examples : "The priest carefully placed the remaining consecrated wafers back into the ciborium after communion. " religion ritual architecture theology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading