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monstrance definition

mon·strance (män′strəns)

noun

R.C.Ch. a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration

Etymology: ME munstraunce < OFr monstrance < ML monstrantia < L monstrare, to show, akin to monstrum: see monstera

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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