What is the small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated called?
credence — (Eccl.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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