Bible Encyclopedias
Prothesis
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(1), a small altar in Greek churches corresponding to the credence table. The name is taken from the shew-bread, which was called ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων — the setting-out of the loaves. (2.) A small side-altar in a Clugniac church, on the epistle side, at which the ministers of the altar, on Sundays and festivals, partook of both kinds, using a silver calamus to drink of the chalice.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Prothesis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/prothesis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.