Eucharist

Meaning

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eucharist.
2. The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
3. A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
4. A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English eukarist, from Old French, from Ecclesiastical Latin eucharistia, from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía, “gratitude, giving of thanks”). Displaced native Old English hūsl.

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