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A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

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  1. n. A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
  2. n. The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
  3. 1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
  4. A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns,covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
  5. n. A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. n. The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.