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Reservation
Reservation. The practice of keeping the Bread (and occasionally also the Wine) consecrated at the Eucharist, primarily for the purpose of Communion. At first the faithful kept the Bl Sacrament in their homes or on their persons, but from the 4th cent. the churches became the ordinary places for reservation. The Sacrament was kept either in the sacristy or in the church itself, in an aumbry in the wall, in a pyx hanging over the altar, or in a tabernacle on the altar, the last being until recently the normal modern practice in the RC Church, as it still is in the E. Church. Current RC legislation favours reservation in a separate chapel, but allows some latitude. A lamp is kept burning nearby as a sign of honour. Reservation under the Species of Bread only seems originally to have been the common practice in both E. and W., but in the E. the Host is now marked with consecrated Wine from a communion spoon and may then be artificially dried.
In the C of E the 1549 BCP provided for reservation for the Communion of the sick, but the provision was dropped in 1552. In the 19th and 20th cents. the practice was revived in some places. It is implicitly recognized in the rubrics of some modern Anglican liturgies. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Reservation.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Reservation." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Reservation.html |
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res·er·va·tion / ˌrezərˈvāshən/ • n. 1. the action of reserving something: the reservation of positions for non-Americans. ∎ an arrangement whereby something, esp. a seat or room, is booked or reserved for a particular person: do you have a reservation? ∎ an area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aboriginals. ∎ Law a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed. ∎ (in the Roman Catholic Church) the practice of retaining a portion of the consecrated elements after mass for communion of the sick or as a focus for devotion. 2. a qualification to an expression of agreement or approval; a doubt: some generals voiced reservations about making air strikes. 3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) the action of a superior of reserving to himself the power of absolution. ∎ a right reserved to the pope of nomination to a vacant benefice. |
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"reservation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "reservation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-reservation.html "reservation." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-reservation.html |
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Reservation
RESERVATIONA clause in a deed of real property whereby the grantor, one who transfers property, creates and retains for the grantor some right or interest in the estate granted, such as rent or aneasement,a right of use over the land of another. A large tract of land that is withdrawn by public authority from sale or settlement and appropriated to specific public uses, such as parks or military posts. A tract of land under the control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to which an American Indian tribe retains its original title to ownership, or that has been set aside from the public domain for use by a tribe. cross-references |
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"Reservation." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Reservation." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703781.html "Reservation." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703781.html |
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