Eucharist (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the Eucharist or the eucharist ,
    • the Christian sacrament or rite of communion, an act of devotion in which bread and wine are consecrated, offered to God with thanks, and received by partakers as spiritual nourishment; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.
    • the consecrated elements of the rite of communion, especially the bread.
  2. the giving of thanks; thanksgiving: The Chapel represents a eucharist in stone and marble, commemorating the slain who served in the two World Wars.
  3. spiritual communion with God.
noun
  1. the Christian sacrament in which Christ's Last Supper is commemorated by the consecration of bread and wine
  2. the consecrated elements of bread and wine offered in the sacrament
  3. Mass, esp when regarded as the service where the sacrament of the Eucharist is administered
Eucharist (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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