cyborium

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cibōrium, from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion).[1][2] First attested in 1547.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɨˈbɔ.rjum/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrjum
  • Syllabification: cy‧bo‧rium

Noun

cyborium n

  1. (architecture) ciborium (a fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns)
  2. (Christianity) ciborium (a covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist)

Declension

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  3. cyboryjum”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.