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MONSTRANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monstrance mean? 

MONSTRANCE (noun)
  The noun MONSTRANCE has 2 senses:

1. proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusionplay

2. (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adorationplay

  Familiarity information: MONSTRANCE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONSTRANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

demonstration; monstrance

Hypernyms ("monstrance" is a kind of...):

proof (a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

monstrance; ostensorium

Hypernyms ("monstrance" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)


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