ciborio

See also: cibório

Galician

Alternative forms

Noun

ciborio m (plural ciborios)

  1. (ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)
  2. dome

References
  • “ciborio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cibōrium, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈbɔ.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjo
  • Hyphenation: ci‧bò‧rio

Noun

ciborio m (plural cibori)

  1. (architecture) ciborium
  2. a fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns
  3. a covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist

Further reading
  • ciborio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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