Creciscus (kresiskus)

[NL., = 1340 or cabinet for the display of plate, etc.-5. Eccles., in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a small table, slab, or shelf against the wall of the sanctuary or chancel, near the epistle side of the altar (on the right of one facing it). On the credence are placed the cruets, the ve el (canister, pyx, or ciborium) for the altar-breads, the lavabo basin and napkin, etc. Sometimes a niche in the sanctuary-wall serves the same purpose. At high ma in the Roman Catholic Church, and at all celebrations in the Anglican Church, the elements are taken from the credence at the time of the IMG:content-1578.jpg:[blocks in formation]