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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">patens</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>communion dishes</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>asterisks</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>chalices</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>liturgical vessels</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>communion patens</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>diskoi</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>diskos</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>paten</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Shallow saucer-shaped plates used in Christian liturgy on which the large host rests on the altar at times before and after consecration. For a dish or bowl used to hold the hosts during distribution to the faithful, use "communion bowls." ]]></note></mads>