Bible Encyclopedias
Altar-Bread Box

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a box to hold the wafers, or altar-breads, before consecration. Such receptacles were anciently of boxwood or ivory. The example given in the illustration is of ivory mounted in silver.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Altar-Bread Box'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/altar-bread-box.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

Bible Encyclopedias Altar-Bread Box

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Altar-Bread Box