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ostensory|ɒˈstɛnsərɪ|
Also in Fr., It., L. forms in -oir, -orio, -orium.
[ad. med.L. ostensōri-um, f. ostens-, ppl. stem of ostendĕre: see ostend and -ory1.]
A receptacle in which to display the Host to the congregation; a monstrance.
1722J. Richardson Statues, etc. Italy 205 The Eucharistical Presence..is express'd by the Host in the Golden Ostensorio on the Altar. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) II. 39 The sacred vessels, the chalices, ostensoriums..in the richness of which there is a sort of emulation between the several churches. 1833Catholic Mag. July 506 His splendid ostensoir, or remonstrance, supported by angels, which cost 200 florins. 1834Beckford Italy II. 49 The light of innumerable tapers blazing on the diamonds of the ostensory. 1839New Monthly Mag. LV. 551 The priest turned round with the glittering ostensory in his hand. 1861C. P. Hodgson Resid. Nagasaki vi. 143 The lighted tapers on the altar, the chaplet, the aureole, the ostensoir,..the incense, the prayer for the dead, are facts to be noted [in Japanese worship]. 1888Harper's Mag. Feb. 371/2 The priest..walked under the canopy, and held the ostensorium up in an imposing manner as high as his head. |