MEANING
A vessel designed to hold the consecrated host where it can be seen during worship.
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Words that belong together
- golden monstrance
- display in a monstrance
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The monstrance stood at the center of the illuminated altar.
Its silver monstrance caught the last light from the high window.
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- monstrance
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular monstrance; plural monstrances. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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