chivot

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кивотъ (kivotŭ), from Greek κιβώτιον (kivótion), from κῑβωτός (kībōtós, wooden chest).

Noun

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chivot n (plural chivoturi)

  1. box on the altar in which the communion wafer is kept

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