The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.
A shelf or table, usually to the right of the altar, on which the vessels and other items for celebration of the Eucharist are kept.
At First Lutheran, the wall-mounted table in the apse, beneath the stained glass window. Used to hold the offering plates, and the bread, wine, and Eucharist vessels when they are not on the altar.
a kind of sideboard or buffet
A shelf or table at the epistle side of the sanctuary upon which the Elements of the Holy Communion are placed until carried to the Altar.
(or credence table) - A shelf or table within the sanctuary, to the side of the altar, on which the sacred vessels and the elements are placed until they are used in the Eucharist. (The Italian form of this word, "credenza," is familiar as the name of an item of furniture that fulfils a similar secular function.)
a side table in the sanctuary to hold sacramental vessels and service books.
A small table where the bread and wine rest before consecration for the Eucharist.
From Italian: credenza, side-board. Originally a table or shelf in a church to hold the sacraments. Nowadays any sideboard or buffet. In office furniture, a horizontal filing cabinet often placed decoratively behind a desk.