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Church furnishings > Tabernacles

Preferred term

Tabernacles  

Definition

  • Receptacles, often with an architectural character, placed in, on or near the high altar in the sanctuary of a church to hold the reserved Eucharist

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ciboria, tabernacles
  • Sacrament houses, tabernacles

Notation

  • 119576

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-LZ9R4Z95-D

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