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    A peristerium, or Eucharistic dove in the Western church, is a metallic vessel, in the shape of a dove (pigeon), which can be hung over an altar, most...
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    suspending a vessel in the form of a dove (Greek: peristerion, Latin: peristerium) over the altar, which was used as a repository for the Blessed Sacrament...
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    freed from the toils of the flesh and entered into rest and glory. The Peristerium or Eucharistic dove was often used in the past, and sometimes still appears...
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  • pergracile Schltr. Epidendrum perijaense Carnevali & G.A.Romero Epidendrum peristerium Hágsater & E.Santiago Epidendrum pernambucense Cogn. Epidendrum peruvianum...
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