cyborium

English

Noun

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  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. cyboryjum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023

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