monstrance

English Thesaurus

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	vessel,
definition	:	an object used as a container (especially for liquids) (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church,
definition	:	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)

2. proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	proof,
definition	:	a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it (noun.communication)