Mōn’strance, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. monstrance, demonstration, proof; Pr. monstranssa, O. Sp. & It. mostranza, L. Lat. monstrantia, from Lat. monstrare, to show.] (Rom. Cath. Church.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated wafer or host is held up to view before the congregation.

A decorated monstrance with a cross displayed in its central circular window. — Monstrance.