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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iconodule, post: 11531712, member: 91417&quot;]What is the size?&nbsp; I think Bronwen&#039;s ID as ciborium or a pyx (both containers for the consecrated Host) seems plausible, but size may be a factor. Internet distinguishes between them by saying the ciborium is used to distribute communion within the church, while the pyx is used to convey the Host to shut-ins and the ill (and I presume to the dying). Come to think of it, Tabernacles of the Sacrament (where the Host is kept on the altar) are usually (always?) closed, so the laity does not commonly see the container for the Host until it is brought out for Mass. (Unlike a monstrance, which displays the Host.) I suggest you ask a priest.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The problem I could imagine with this as a ciborium or pyx is that the interior might be too deep or varied in diameter to easily remove a Host during communion. Again, size would be a factor. A priest would know.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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