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Definitions: CIBORIUM |
CIBORIUMNoun1. The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. 2. A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. |
Date "CIBORIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Etymology: Ciborium \Ci*bo"ri*um\, noun: plural Ciboria. [LL., from the Latin expression ciborium cup, from the Greek expression seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed vessel in shape.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: CIBORIUM |
| English words defined with "CIBORIUM": Ciboria. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "CIBORIUM": Severy. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His hands were trembling, and His soul trembled as he heard the priest pass with the ciborium from communicant to communicant. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CIBORIUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CIBORIUM" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ciborium | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CIBORIUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | ciborium, hostiekar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ciborie, hostiekelk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ciboire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Ciborium, ziborium, hostiengefäß (pyx), Hostienbehaelter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στέγασμα βωμού, ιερό σκεύοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ciborio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | coyr oalan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iboriumcay cibório. (various references) kilisede mihraba çekilen sayvan, kilisede kutsanmış ekmek kabı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CIBORIUM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carbonium, cibarium, cymbarum, tiborium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CIBORIUM" (pronounced 'Ci*bo"ri*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-i-i-m-o-r-u" | |
-2 letters: bromic, corium. | |
-3 letters: boric, crumb, curio, micro, mucor, mucro, oribi. | |
-4 letters: brim, brio, coir, comb, corm, crib, curb, miri, umbo, uric. | |
-5 letters: bio, bro, bum, bur, cob, cor, cub, cum, cur, mib, mir, mob, moc, mor, obi, orb, orc, our, rib, rim, rob, roc, rom, rub, rum, urb. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 49 42 4F 52 49 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. -... --- .-. .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001001 01000010 01001111 01010010 01001001 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C I B O R I U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0049 0042 004F 0052 0049 0055 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3743364952435547 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, Iddaalish, italyanca, italyan |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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