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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

monstrance in the Roman Catholic Church, an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration. Recorded from late Middle English (also in the sense ‘demonstration or proof’), the word comes via medieval Latin from Latin monstrare ‘show’.

A monstrance is the emblem of St Clare and St Norbert, founder of the Premonstratensians.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

monstrance. The vessel used for exposing relics or, more usually, the Eucharistic Host for veneration. It now normally consists of a disc-shaped receptacle, framed by gold or silver rays, with a glass window.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mon·strance / ˈmänstrəns/ • n. (in the Roman Catholic Church) an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

monstrance (eccl.) vessel in which the Host is exposed. XVI. — medL. mōnstrantia, f. prp. stem of L. mōnstrāre show, f. mōnstrum; see prec. and -ANCE.
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Monstrance

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Monstrance (Lat., monstrare, ‘to show’). A vessel used for containing and displaying the sacrament at exposition and benediction.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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