Usually means: Display vessel for consecrated host.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. monstrance: Merriam-Webster
  2. monstrance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. monstrance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. monstrance: Collins English Dictionary
  5. monstrance: Vocabulary.com
  6. monstrance: Wordnik
  7. monstrance: Wiktionary
  8. monstrance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. monstrance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. monstrance: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Monstrance, monstrance: Dictionary.com
  12. Monstrance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Monstrance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. monstrance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. monstrance: Rhymezone
  16. Monstrance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. monstrance: FreeDictionary.org
  18. monstrance: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. monstrance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. monstrance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. monstrance: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Monstrance (Ostensorium), monstrance: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Monstrance (Ostensorium): Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. monstrance: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (monstrance)

noun:  (Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.

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