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The Spoon (Greek: Κοχλιάριον, Kochliárion; Slavonic: Лжица, Lzhítza) is a liturgical implement used to distribute Holy Communion to the laity during the Divine Liturgy in some Eastern Christian rites.
It is also called a cochlear, Latin for "spoon". In Western Christianity (within traditions such as Anglicanism,[1] Lutheranism,[2] and Methodism)[3] a perforated spoon is used to remove any foreign particulate matter that falls into the wine.[4] It is one of the items, in Western Christian Churches, that lies on the credence table.[1]
spoon. Perforated utensil sometimes used to remove foreign particles from wine in the communion cup; also used with granular incense.