eucharist

Noun

Meaning

The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass communion Holy Communion liturgy Holy Sacrament Holy Eucharist Eucharistic liturgy sacrament of the Eucharist eucharistic Last Supper sacrament host ceremony baptism confirmation
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Antonyms

problem failure opposition disorder delay strain
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Hypernyms

sacrament

Related terms

eucharistic eucharistical

Phrases with the word

eucharist plate

Anagrams

Erithacus thesauric

Examples

Acutis believed that if people knew that Jesus was truly present in the Eucharist, they would turn to God. Source: Internet

After all the Church regulated and regularized the celebration of the Eucharist, as that was an inevitable establishment if communities were to be provided regularly with the 'bread of life', since it could not rely on gratuitous provision. Source: Internet

Among much broader goals, the Lollards affirmed a form of consubstantiation—that the Eucharist remained physically bread and wine, while becoming spiritually the body and blood of Christ. Source: Internet

Ambrose told Theodosius to imitate David in his repentance as he had imitated him in guilt — Ambrose readmitted the emperor to the Eucharist only after several months of penance. Source: Internet

All of these sacred rituals were "climaxed by the eating of sacramental god, the eucharist by which the celebrants were transformed, in their persuasion, into replicas of their god-man" (Larson 20). Source: Internet

After his Communion he gave the Eucharist to the Pope who was sitting in bed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Euchaetes egle Euchaneia eucharis eucharist plate eucharistial eucharistic