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See also:MONSTRANCE (through the See also:French from See also:Lat. monstrare, to show) , a See also:vessel used in the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church for the See also:exhibition of the See also:Host at See also:Benediction (q.v.) and also when carried in processions. Another name for the vessel is ostensorium, from ostendere, to exhibit, show; whence the usual French name ostensoir. The monstrance was formerly used of a reliquary, exposing the sacred See also:object to view. The earlier monstrances followed the usual shape of these reliquaries, viz. a cylindrical crystal See also:case mounted in See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal frames, elaborately ornamented and jewelled. Such often took the See also:form of a See also:turret. There is a 15th-See also:century See also:Italian example in See also:South See also:Kensington Museum of a pilastered turret containing an oblong crystal case, the whole resting on a stemmed See also:base, and surmounted with a See also:cupola. In the 16th century the See also:present shape was adopted, viz. a crystal or See also:glass circular disk, more suited to the shape of the sacred See also:wafer; this is mounted in a See also:frame of See also:golden rays, and the whole is supported by a See also:stem and bases. The exhibition of the Host See also:dates from the institution of the Festival of Corpus Christi (q.v.) by See also:Urban IV. in 1264.
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