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altar cards Printed cards placed in the middle and at each side of an altar, containing certain prayers to be said by the celebrant at Mass. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Altar Cards To assist the memory of the celebrant at Mass in those prayers which he should know by heart, cards on which these prayers … Continue reading “Altar Cards”

Altar-Card a modern term used to describe a printed or written transcript of certain portions of the service for holy communion; more especially those parts which, having to be said by the officiating priest in the midst of the altar, he requires to have placed immediately before him. The altar-card, therefore, is placed in that … Continue reading “Altar-Card”

altar canopy (Greek: konops, gnat: originally used as a protection against insects) An ornamental covering of cloth, stone, wood, or metal, used to crown an altar , throne, pulpit, statue, etc. In liturgical use: the structure covering an altar , called also baldachinum ; the covering suspended over the throne occupied by dignitaries of the … Continue reading “Altar Canopy”

altar candlesticks Six candlesticks with candles, three on each side of the crucifix , kept on the main altar. Two, one at each side of the altar, must be used during low Mass. Extra candlesticks and candelabra are used for ornamentation. Altar-candlesticks may be of any kind of metal, or gilded or silvered wood. Their … Continue reading “Altar Candlesticks”

altar candles Candles made chiefly from bees-wax and prescribed for use at Mass and other liturgical functions. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Altar Candles For mystical reasons the Church prescribes that the candles used at Mass and at other liturgical functions be made of beeswax (luminaria cerea. — Missale Rom., De Defectibus, X, I; Cong. Sac. … Continue reading “Altar Candles”

altar, bye One subordinate to the high altar, usually applied to altars situated in the bays of the nave, transepts, etc. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Altar Breads Bread is one of the two elements absolutely necessary for the sacrifice of the Eucharist. It cannot be determined from the sacred text whether Christ used the ordinary table bread or some other bread specially prepared for the occasion. In the Western Church the altar-breads were probably round in form. Archaeological researches demonstrate … Continue reading “Altar Breads”

Altar Breadboxes These are made of wood, tin, britannia, silver, or other metal. In order that the breads may not become bent or curved, a round flat weight, covered if necessary with silk or linen, and having a knob on top, so as to be easily taken hold of, is placed on the breads. The … Continue reading “Altar Breadboxes”

Altar-Bread Box 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. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

altar bread Round wafers of wheaten bread, unleavened in the Latin, Maronite, and Armenian Rites , used as one of the Eucharistic elements . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Altar-Bread the bread made use of in the Christian communion. This was originally unleavened (see Luk 22:15), and this custom, which is a matter of discipline and … Continue reading “Altar-Bread”