prothesis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: proth=e=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

prothesis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a placing in public, fr. to set before; before + to set, put.].

•  A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.  [1913 Webster]
•  See Prosthesis.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prothesis, n. (pl. protheses)
1 Eccl. a the placing of the Eucharistic elements on the credence table. b a credence table. c the part of a church where this stands.
2 Gram. = PROSTHESIS 2.

Derivative

prothetic adj.

Etymology

Gk f. protithemi (as PRO-(2), tithemi place)

ROGET THESAURUS

prothesis

Temple

N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.