Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as monstrance.

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Examples

  • A banner and cross carried by the boys and girls -- then the curé, with his "ostensoir," followed by his "enfants de choeur" carrying books and tapers, then the congregation.

    Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington

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