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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 conclusion
2. (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
Familiarity information: MONSTRANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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