Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monstrance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monstrance \Mon"strance\, n. [LL. monstrantia, fr. L. monstrare
to show: cf. OF. monstrance. See {Monster}.] (R. C. Ch.)
A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed
to view.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monstrance
n 1: proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition
proving an asserted conclusion [syn: {demonstration}]
2: (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver)
in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
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