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	Monstrance -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Monstrance refers to the vessel used by the (The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy) Roman Catholic Church to display the (A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine) Eucharist, during (The act of admiring strongly) Adoration.
		During (The act of admiring strongly) Adoration, the sacrament is displayed in the monstrance, typically on the altar.
		The exposition of the monstrance during (A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection) Benediction is accompanied by chanting or singing of the (additional info and facts about Tantum Ergo) Tantum Ergo.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/monstrance.htm (420 words)

	MONSTRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on MONSTRANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Another name for the vessel is ostensorium, from ostendere, to exhibit, show; whence the usual French name ostensoir.
		The monstrance was formerly used of a reliquary, exposing the sacred object to view.
		The earlier monstrances followed the usual shape of these reliquaries, viz.
	37.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONSTRANCE.htm (196 words)

	PAGAN SUN WORSHIP AND CATHOLICISM - THE MONSTRANCE and the WAFER GOD
		The most appropriate form (for the monstrance) is that of the sun emitting its rays to all sides (Instructio Clement., 5).
		The great monstrance of the cathedral of Toledo, which is more than twelve feet high, and the construction of which occupied in all more than 100 years, is adorned with 260 statuettes, one of the largest of which is said to be made of the gold brought by Columbus from the New World.
		At right is a close-up of a monstrance, and inside the glass enclosure is a crescent, upon which the round wafer god host is placed, a virtual duplication of the symbology of the Canaanite and Chaldean stele shown above.
	www.aloha.net /~mikesch/monstr.htm (3287 words)

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