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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
monstrance is a noun meaning "proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion". It carries 2 recorded senses.
proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
Roman Catholic
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for monstrance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.