ciboria

Meaning of ciboria

plural noun
  1. a receptacle shaped like a shrine or a cup with an arched cover, used in the Christian Church to hold the Eucharist.
  2. a canopy over an altar in a church, standing on four pillars.

mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek kibōrion ‘seed vessel of the water lily or a cup made from it’. ciborium (sense 1) is probably influenced by Latin cibus ‘food’.

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Hyphenation of ciboria

ci-bo-ria

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • ciboria is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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