[mass noun](Christian Church)(especially in the Orthodox Church) the action of placing the Eucharistic elements on the credence table (基督教)(尤指东正教的)圣餐的准备 ■[count noun]a credence table 圣餐台 ■[count noun]the part of a church where the credence table stands 圣餐台放置处
another term for prosthesis (in sense 2) 同 prosthesis(义项2)
派生 prothetic adjective 语源
late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Greek, placing before or in public view', from pro 'before' + thesis 'placing'