monstrance

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Examples

• He places it in the monstrance and shows it to the people, who during this ceremony kneel, bow, pray and believe.

• The priest, who had descended from the altar, held the little monstrance; the girls' procession was moving before him.

• Another vessel was the monstrance, in which the Blessed Sacrament was carried in procession, and exposed on the altar.

• This monstrance is covered also with jewels of great value which almost conceal it, the gifts of royal personages.

• When the slanting sun fell upon him in front, the monstrance itself looked like another sun.