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Altar-Bread Box

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a box to hold the wafers, or altar-breads, before consecration. Such receptacles were anciently of boxwood or ivory. The example given in the illustration is of ivory mounted in silver.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Altar-Bread Box'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/altar-bread-box.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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