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monstrance

N ภาชนะ ใส่ น้ำ มนตร์  pa-cha-na-sia-nam-mon

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONSTRANCE

Mon "strance, n. Etym: [LL. monstrantia, fr. L. monstrare to show: cf. OF. monstrance. See Monster. ] (R. C. Ch. )

 

Defn: A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

 

MONSTRATION

Mon *stra "tion, n. Etym: [L. monstratio.]

 

Defn: The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs. ] A certain monstration. Grafton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

monstrance

mon strance |ˈmänstrəns ˈmɑnztrəns | noun (in the Roman Catholic Church ) an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense demonstration or proof ): from medieval Latin monstrantia, from Latin monstrare to show.

 

Oxford Dictionary

monstrance

monstrance |ˈmɒnstr (ə )ns | noun (in the Roman Catholic Church ) an open or transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is displayed for veneration. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense demonstration or proof ): from medieval Latin monstrantia, from Latin monstrare to show .

 

Duden Dictionary

Monstra

Mons t ra , Mons tra |M o nstra |Plural von Monstrum

 

Monstranz

Mons t ranz, Mons tranz Substantiv, feminin katholische Kirche , die |Monstr a nz |die Monstranz; Genitiv: der Monstranz, Plural: die Monstranzen mittelhochdeutsch monstranz (e ) < mittellateinisch monstrantia, zu lateinisch monstrare = zeigen kostbar verziertes Behältnis, in dem die Hostie [zur Verehrung ] gezeigt wird