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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the early church, one of the two apartments at the sides of the bema or sanctuary in the arrangement as still retained in the Greek Church. See
parabema .
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Possibly the Greek pastophorion, where the Holy Eucharist was reserved, was simply the diaconicum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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