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Monstrance

noun
1.
Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion.  Synonym: demonstration.
2.
(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.  Synonym: ostensorium.





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"Monstrance" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of the back benches with her eyes fixed on the monstrance, in a very agony of sorrow and self-abasement. I would not if I could analyse that penitence. Happily as life goes on we shrink more, not less, from raising even the most reverent gaze on the secret places of the soul. We do not know in what form, if in any form at all, ...
— Great Possessions • Mrs. Wilfrid Ward


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