Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sacrament and the central act of worship in many Christian churches, which was instituted at the Last Supper and in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in remembrance of Jesus's death; Communion.
- noun The consecrated elements of this rite; Communion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
- noun The sacrament of the Lord's supper; the communion; the sacrifice of the mass. See communion, mass, and transubstantiation.
- noun The consecrated elements in the Lord's supper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
Christian sacrament ofHoly Communion . - noun by extension A
Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted. - noun The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On the doctrine concern the two kinds, (in the Eucharist,) he adduced the history of the sons of Eli, who desired bread to eat; and wished to prove by it, that it becomes laymen to be satisfied with the mere bread in the _Eucharist_.
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I really liked how the authors chose to use the term Eucharist "the Good Gift" instead of the term Gospel "the Good News."
RVABlogs 2008
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Outside of the Episcopal church, the term Eucharist isn't used very often.
RVABlogs 2008
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Even the taking of the Eucharist is an alchemical ritual, in which the divine body is subsumed into the individual body in order to bring the individual into closer contact with the divine.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside.
Protestantism 2009
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The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside.
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The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside.
Ecumenism 2009
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Even the taking of the Eucharist is an alchemical ritual, in which the divine body is subsumed into the individual body in order to bring the individual into closer contact with the divine.
Josh Schrei: The Crucible Gone Cold: Modern Yoga, Christianity, and the Practice of Individual Transformation Josh Schrei 2010
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The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside.
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The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside.
Liturgy 2009
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