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ciborium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pyx

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”). Doublet of cimborio.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: ciborio — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • French: ciborium — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • German: Ziborium — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • German: Altaraufbau — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • Italian: ciborio — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • Polish: cyborium — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • Portuguese: cibório — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • Spanish: ciborio — A fixed vaulted canopy
  • Dutch: ciborie — A covered receptacle
  • Esperanto: ciborio — A covered receptacle
  • French: ciboire — A covered receptacle
  • German: Ziborium — A covered receptacle
  • German: Hostienkelch — A covered receptacle
  • Indonesian: sibori — A covered receptacle
  • Irish: cuach abhlann — A covered receptacle
  • Irish: cuach altóra — A covered receptacle
  • Polish: cyborium — A covered receptacle
  • Spanish: copón — A covered receptacle
  • Welsh: afrllatgist — A covered receptacle