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Eucharist
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What's The Definition Of Eucharist?
[n] a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Synonyms | Synonyms for Eucharist: Eucharistic liturgy | Holy Sacrament | Liturgy | Lord's Supper | sacrament of the Eucharist Related Terms | Find terms related to Eucharist: altar bread | baptism | bread | bread and wine | Communion | confirmation | consecrated bread | consecrated elements | consubstantiation | elements | extreme unction | Holy Communion | holy orders | Host | impanation | intinction | Last Supper | loaf | matrimony | penance | real presence | Sacrament Sunday | seven sacraments | subpanation | the Eucharist | the Holy Sacrament | the Sacrament | transubstantiation | wafer See Also | Communion | Holy Communion | manduction | Offertory | sacrament | sacramental manduction Eucharist In Webster's Dictionary \Eu"cha*rist\, n. [L. eucharistia, Gr. e'ycharisti`a,
lit., a giving of thanks; e'y^ + cha`ris favor, grace,
thanks; akin to chai`rein to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf.
F. eucharistie.]
1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.]
Led through the vale of tears to the region of
eucharist and hallelujahs. --South.
2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act
of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the
use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the
communion. -- See {Sacrament}.
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