monstrance
Eucharistic display vessel
A monstrance is a vessel used in Catholic and some Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host for adoration.
Typically ornate and made of gold or silver, it features a glass-enclosed center surrounded by rays suggesting the sun's radiance.
The priest elevates it during Benediction and Corpus Christi processions: The monstrance was carried through the streets under a canopy.
Nail base crescent
- lunaPale green saturnid
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- patenEucharistic bread dish
- cruetSmall condiment bottle
reliquary · ampulla · host · receptacle · container · display case
Pale green saturnid
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- vitreousGlass-like in appearance
- see-throughAllowing vision through
clear · viewing window · lucent · visible · aperture
Formal spoken blessing
- adorationProfound loving regard
- processionFormal moving line
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- altarSacred ritual table
tabernacle · communion · mass · consecration · sanctuary · genuflection · incense · liturgy
lunula
Nail base crescent
cruet · reliquary · ampulla · host · receptacle · container · display case
luna
Pale green saturnid
see-through · clear · viewing window · lucent · visible · aperture
benediction
Formal spoken blessing
- adorationProfound loving regard
- processionFormal moving line
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
altar · tabernacle · communion · mass · consecration · sanctuary · genuflection · incense · liturgy · vestments
gold
Element seventy-nine
rays · jeweled · bejeweled · baroque · rococo · elaborate · intricate · embellished · ornate · flamboyant
monstrancetabernacle
Portable sacred dwelling
chalice · corporal · communion cup · ark · reliquary