Definitions For Ciborium

Noun

CIBORIUM (plural s or ciboria) (architecture) A fixed vaulted canopy over a christian altar, supported on four columns. (religion) A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the eucharist.

Translations

French: ciborium, m German: Ziborium, n Portuguese: cibório, m Dutch: ciborie, n French: ciboire, m German: Ziborium, n Irish: cuach abhlann, m, cuach altóra, m Welsh: afrllatgist, f

Etymology

From {{bor, en, ML., cibōrium, , drinking-cup}}, from {{der, en, grc, κιβώριον, t=the egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom}}.“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Is Ciborium a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Ciborium is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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