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| mon·strance [ mónstrənss ] (plural mon·stranc·es) |
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container for consecrated bread: a large gold or silver container in which the Host is placed and then shown to the congregation for adoration in a Roman Catholic Mass
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| [13th century. < medieval Latin monstrantia< Latin monstrare "to show" < monstrum (see monster)] |
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