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Meaning of "ostensory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OSTENSORY

From Medieval Latin ostensorium.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OSTENSORY

ɒsˈtɛnsərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OSTENSORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ostensory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OSTENSORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monstrance

A monstrance, also known as ostensorium, is the vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Created in the medieval period for the public display of relics, the monstrance today is usually restricted for vessels used for hosts. The word monstrance comes from the Latin word monstrare, meaning "to show". In Latin, the monstrance is known as an ostensorium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OSTENSORY

accessory · anniversary · caravansary · chancery · condensery · dispensary · extrasensory · grocery · incensory · intersensory · multisensory · necessary · neurosensory · prehensory · reprehensory · responsory · sensory · somatosensory · supersensory · suspensory

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OSTENSORY

osteitis deformans · Ostend · Ostende · ostensibility · ostensible · ostensibly · ostensive · ostensively · ostensories · ostensorium · ostent · ostentation · ostentatious · ostentatiously · osteoarchaeology · osteoarthritic · osteoarthritis · osteoarthrosis · osteoblast · osteoblastic

WORDS THAT END LIKE OSTENSORY

advisory · compulsory · conclusory · cursory · delusory · derisory · illusory · intercessory · nonsupervisory · percursory · persuasory · possessory · precursory · promissory · propulsory · provisory · reclusory · suasory · supervisory · vavasory

Synonyms and antonyms of ostensory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ostensory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OSTENSORY

Find out the translation of ostensory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ostensory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ostensory» in English.
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ostensory
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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ostensorio
570 millions of speakers
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English

ostensory
510 millions of speakers
hi

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ostensory
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ostensory
280 millions of speakers
ru

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ostensory
278 millions of speakers
pt

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ostensório
270 millions of speakers
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ostensory
260 millions of speakers
fr

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ostensoir
220 millions of speakers
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Ostensory
190 millions of speakers
de

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Monstranz
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ostensory
130 millions of speakers
ko

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ostensory
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Ostensory
85 millions of speakers
vi

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mình thánh thể
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ostensory
75 millions of speakers
mr

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उपेक्षा
75 millions of speakers
tr

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ostensory
70 millions of speakers
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ostensorio
65 millions of speakers
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ostensory
50 millions of speakers
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ostensory
40 millions of speakers
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ostensory
30 millions of speakers
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ιεροφυλακίου
15 millions of speakers
af

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ostensory
14 millions of speakers
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ostensory
10 millions of speakers
no

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ostensory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ostensory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OSTENSORY»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTENSORY»

Discover the use of ostensory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ostensory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Year 1200
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library Mounted on a vaulted circular foot, this reliquary, designed for the showing of relics and thus classifiable as an ostensory , consists of a base, crystal cylinder, top, and knob. The use of rockcrystal is ...
Konrad Hoffmann, Florens Deuchler, 1970
2
Romanism as it is: An Exposition of the Roman Catholic ...
the benediction is about to be given, taken from the side-table by the censer- bearer and extended on the priest's shoulders ; the priest takes the ostensory, turns the back of it to his face, covers his hands with the extremities of this veil, and ...
Samuel Weed Barnum, 1871
3
Niles' Weekly Register
It i3 a legal proof of the consecration of the hosts when they are placed in the tabernacle or exposed in the ostensory, and when the priest serves communion, or carries the rioticuni to the sick. It is a legal proof of the consecration of the pyx,  ...
‎1825
4
Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art
This ostensory expresses a symbolic relationship between the Eucharist with the sun. In use since the mid-fifteenth century,1 it consists of a receptacle with circular frame, decorated with colored glass; it is surrounded by clouds on which four ...
Francesco Buranelli, Robin C. Dietrick, Marco Bussagli, 2007
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Niles' National Register: Containing Political, Historical, ...
It is a legal proof of the consecration of the hosts when they are placed in the tabernacle or exposed in the ostensory, and when the priest serves ,' uu run MI 'ii, or carries th,e vialicuin to the sick. It is a legal proof of the consesration ef the pyx,  ...
Hezekiah Niles, William Ogden Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, 1825
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The cathedral of Cologne
The Cathedral's Ostensory Another masterpiece by the goldsmiths of Cologne is the precious ostensory of pure gold and precious stones made in 1657 by Christus Schweling. It is evidence of the close ties that existed between Cologne and ...
Jakob Schlafke, 1990
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The Middle Ages: Treasures from the Cloisters and the ...
84 Ostensory Silver gilt, rock crystal, enamels H.23 inches North Italian, early XV century (circa 1400) The Cloisters Collection, Purchase 1953 Ex coll. Victor Rothschild, London An ostensory like a pyx (see number 58) is a container for the  ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Vera K. Ostoia, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1970
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Vision, Devotion, and Self-Representation in Late Medieval Art
Perhaps the ostensory resembled the silver-gilt case that was also commissioned by Innocent III to enclose the Christ Emmanuel icon of the Sancta Sanctorum around the same time, a frame that almost effaces the image it encloses.
Alexa Sand, 2014
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Masters of the French Art Song: Translations of the Complete ...
(Recall all vestiges Of the luminous past.) ---T0n souvenir en moi luit comme un ostensoir. ---Y0ur memory in me shines like an ostensory. (---Y0ur memory in me shines like an ostensory.) Jane Jane Je pâlis et tombe en langueur: Deux beaux  ...
Timothy LeVan, 1991
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The Shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian Side: The ...
413 Glagolitic inscription in S. Lucia, Besca Valle, 178 Goldsmiths' work : Altar frontal at Grado, 49, 50 Arca of S. Simeone, Zara, 234- Chalice and ostensory at Mezzo, Chalice in treasury, S. Simeone, Zara, 335 Chalices in Cathedral, Curzola, ...
Frederick Hamilton Jackson, 2007

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTENSORY»

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Plays on Pope's life to run during papal visit
WITH LOVE, POPE FRANCIS. Pope Francis holds the ostensory as he celebrates First Vespers and Te Deum in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican ... «Rappler, Jan 15»
2
World-Wide, Revelers Hail New Year
Pope Francis held the ostensory as he celebrated First Vespers and Te Deum in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. European Pressphoto ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 14»
3
The Maltese people's baroque fascination with bones
The most popular type of reli- quary in Malta is the ostensory reliquary type, such as the one seen in processions. Many of these have a ... «Malta Independent Online, Feb 14»
4
New Year's Eve celebrations overseas (photos)
11 of 19 Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay Pope Benedict XVI holds the ostensory as he presides a New Year's Eve vespers ... «OregonLive.com, Dec 12»
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Pope Benedict XVI marks final hours of 2010
Pope Benedict XVI holds the ostensory as he celebrates a New Year's.... Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's. «Albany Times Union, Jan 11»
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