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If it is removed it should, before being placed in the tabernacle, be enclosed in a receptacle, called the repository (custodia, repositorium, capsula), which is made like the pyx, used in carrying Holy Communion to the sick, but larger, and may have a base with a very short stem.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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