melchizedek

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Polish[edit]

melchizedek

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Etymology[edit]

From Melchizedek, a king and priest mentioned in the book of Genesis; contemporary of Abraham.

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melchizedek m inan

  1. (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance)
    Synonyms: melchizedech, lunula

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