credence table

British  

noun

1. a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving

2. Christianity a small table or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist

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Example Sentences

South of the Communion table, attached to the wall as a credence table, is an Early English capital, with piscina behind. 

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

In Elizabeth's time the communion table was moved into the middle of the chapel, and the credence table destroyed.

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard

Vincent had risen to fetch the cruets from the credence table.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

Vincent had in the meanwhile fetched the cruets from the credence table, and now presented them in turn, first the wine and then the water.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

The High Altar, the credence table, and sedilia, are excellent examples of modern work.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson