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

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. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cyboryjum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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