See also:

• CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE

CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE  , a small See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side-table, originally an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture placed near the high table in royal or See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble houses, at which the ceremony of the praegustatio, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian credenziare, the " assay " or tasting of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food and drink for poisons was performed by an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, the praegustator or credentiarius as he was called in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

Medieval Latin . Both the ceremony and the table were known as credentia (See also:

• LAT

Lat. credere, to believe, See also:

• TRUST

trust), Ital. credenza, Fr. See also:

• CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE

credence . After the need for the ceremony had disappeared the name still survived, and the table See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a back and several shelves for the display of See also:

• PLATE

plate, and gradually merged into the See also:

• BUFFET
• BUFFET, LOUIS JOSEPH (1818-1898)

buffet (q.v.) . It is, however, as an article of ecclesiastical furniture that the credence table is most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar . Pt takes the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a small table of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, sometimes fixed and sometimes merely a shelf above or near the See also:

• PISCINA

piscina . It usually stands on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south or See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle side of the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar, and on it are placed, in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, the cruets containing the See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• WATER

water, the See also:

• CHALICE (through a central O. Fr. form of the Lat. calix, calicis, cup)

chalice, the candlesticks to be carried by the acolytes, and other See also:

• OBJECTS

objects to be used in the ceremony of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass . The use of such a table, to which earlier the name of paratorium or oblationarium was given, appears to have come into use when the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal presentation of the oblations at the Mass became obsolete . When the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope celebrates Mass a See also:

• SPECIAL

special credence table on the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel side of the altar is used, and the ceremony of tasting for See also:

• POISON

poison in the unconsecrated elements is still observed . In some churches in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the old credence tables still exist, as at the church of St See also:

• CROSS

Cross near See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, where there is a See also:

• FINE

fine stone 15th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century example; more frequent are examples of the stone shelf near the piscina . There are some carved wooden ones surviving, one type beingwith a semicircular See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top and three legs placed in a triangle with a See also:

• LOWER

lower shelf . The formal use of the credence table for the unconsecrated elements and the See also:

• HOLY

holy vessels before the celebration has been revived in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Church .