Eucharist
31Eucharist — The word used on the basis of 1 Cor. 14:16 (‘your thanksgiving’ [[➝ thanksgiving sacrifice]]) from early in the 2nd cent. for the principal rite of Christian fellowship, or communion. At the Lord s Supper Jesus gave thanks (Luke 22:17) and the… …
32Eucharist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. Communion, mass, viaticum, sacrament. See rite. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Holy Communion, sacrament, mass, oblation; see communion 2 …
33Eucharist — See Liturgy …
34EUCHARIST — a term derived from the Greek word meaning to give thanks which is applied to the SACRAMENT of the Lord s Supper, HOLY COMMUNION or the Breaking of Bread …
35Eucharist — Eu·cha·rist || juËkÉ™rɪst n. Christian ceremony commemorating the last supper of Jesus and his disciples, sacrament of the Lord s Supper, Communion …
36Eucharist — The central act of Christian worship, the sharing of bread and wine as a participation in the life of the resurrected Jesus Christ. Also known as Holy Communion, the Lord’s Supper, the Mass …
37Eucharist — [ ju:k(ə)rɪst] noun the Christian service, ceremony, or sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed. ↘the consecrated elements, especially the bread. Derivatives Eucharistic adjective… …
38eucharist — n. Communion, sacrament, Lord s Supper, Christian sacrament …
39Eucharist — one of the seven sacraments and the principal ritual of the church, in which bread and wine is transformed into the body and blood of Christ; the ritual must be administered by a priest ♦ The sacrament of the Lord s Supper; the mass; or the… …
40Eucharist — n 1.Holy Communion, sacrament of the Lord s Supper; Sacrifice of the Mass, Holy Sacrifice; offering, offering of the host, oblation; Theol. transubstantiation, Theol. impanation, the body of our Lord, real presence. 2. communion bread or wafer,… …
