prosphora

prosphora
Gk. /prddaws"faw rddah/; Eng. /pros"feuh rah', -feuhr euh/, n. Eastern Ch.
antidoron.
[1870-75; < Gk prosphorá an offering, lit., a bringing to, applying, equiv. to pros- toward + phorá something carried (verbid of phérein to bring)]

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