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Vinony's link graph records 500 inbound references to ciborium, and connects out to communion, chalice and sacramental bread.
Vinony files it under Artworks in metal, Drinkware and Eucharistic objects.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Ciborium
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- ciborium
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Encyclopedic overview
Silver-gilt ciborium A ciborium (plural ciboria; Medieval Latin ciborium "drinking cup", from the Ancient Greek κιβώριον kibōrion, "drinking cup") is a vessel, normally in metal. It was originally a particular shape of drinking cup in ancient Greece and Rome, but the word later came to refer to a large covered cup designed to hold hosts for, and after, the Eucharist, thus the counterpart (for the bread) of the chalice (for the wine).
The word is also used for a large canopy over the altar of a church, which was a common feature of Early Medieval church architecture, now relatively rare.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ciborium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.