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Galician
Noun
ciborio m (plural ciborios)
- (ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)
- dome
References
- “ciborio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cibōrium, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈbɔ.rjo/
- Rhymes: -ɔrjo
- Hyphenation: ci‧bò‧rio
Noun
ciborio m (plural cibori)
- (architecture) ciborium
- a fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns
- a covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist
Further reading
- ciborio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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