1. A transparent vessel or receptacle used in Christian churches to display the consecrated Eucharist for veneration or adoration.
Usage: Also called a monstrance.; Religious/liturgical term.

Examples

• The priest placed the consecrated host in the ostensory for the evening benediction.
• The golden ostensory gleamed under the church lights during the Eucharistic procession.
• Worshippers knelt in prayer before the ostensory containing the Blessed Sacrament.
• The ornate ostensory was a masterpiece of religious craftsmanship from the 18th century.