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SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sacrament of the Eucharist mean?
• SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (noun)
The noun SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST has 1 sense:
1. a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Familiarity information: SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; Holy Eucharist; Holy Sacrament; Liturgy; Lord's Supper; sacrament of the Eucharist
Hypernyms ("sacrament of the Eucharist" is a kind of...):
sacrament (a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction)
Meronyms (parts of "sacrament of the Eucharist"):
Offertory (the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God)
Communion; Holy Communion; manduction; sacramental manduction (the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist)
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