monstrance

Noun

Meaning

A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

demonstration ostensorium ark barrow case care cross compact burial icon candle crypt chalice crucifix custodial
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Antonyms

opposition exploitation massacre indifference offender lack of care
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Hypernyms

proof vessel

Examples

Avoid full, round and sticking out styles, these can make a round countenance resemble a church sunburst monstrance (another word for your Scrabble lexicon!). Source: Internet

Rev. David LeFort, rector of the cathedral and vicar general of the Albany Diocese, raises the Eucharist in a monstrance, the receptacle that holds the consecrated host for veneration. Source: Internet

He personally obtained the traveling monstrance for our conference. Source: Internet

Then Deacon Wendler carried the monstrance out of the church where a canopy awaited. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

monstersaurid monstership monstery monstration monstre monstress