Ciborium

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

Class

Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium (Greek: κιβώριον; lit. 'ciborion') is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary, that stands over and covers the altar in a church.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Ciborium (architecture)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.