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Eucharist

Eucharist

17 9.3
A Christian service when people bless and eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːkərɪst/
translation icon : eucaristía
  • A believer participating in the Eucharist unites a ritual with the dream of sanctification.
  • celebrate the Eucharist
  • sacrament of the Eucharist
  • celebration of the Eucharist

Don't for once, doubt the power of prayer and the Eucharist.

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Examples

  • That's why each day we come here... ...and take Eucharist from the same bread.

  • In the months to come, they will be preparing their initiation into Christian faith by baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist.

  • A central part of every day, for instance, is the taking of the Eucharist during Mass.

    Academic text (2000)
  • What is eaten in the Eucharist is the body of Christ.

    Academic text (2000)
  • But the mass is essential in preparing the Eucharist.

  • That your gift of self is made one with the sacrifice of the Eucharist.

  • Corpus Christi, which occurs in late May or June, officially celebrates the Eucharist as the body of Christ.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Christians have combined the Last Supper and the Eucharist establishment from the Synoptic Gospels with the foot washing service from the Gospel of John.

  • Let us all pray that in due time, Stuart may be found worthy to receive the baptism of new birth, the renewal in the Holy Spirit, and to complete his initiation through the sacraments of confirmation and Eucharist.

  • During the service, the congregation received the Eucharist as a symbol of unity and faith.

Synonyms

Mass
vsEucharist
104 4.9

A Christian church service where people receive bread and wine to remember Jesus

is the generic sacrament term without denominational emphasis
sacrament
vsEucharist
46 9.5

A religious ceremony that shows a person's faith and God's blessing

is one particular rite that specifically involves bread and wine
communion
vsEucharist
9 4.9

A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember Jesus

is the sacrament concept not limited to the social act of sharing
Holy Communion
vsEucharist
  • Formal
8 6.3

A Christian ceremony when people eat bread and drink wine to remember the Last Supper

is the general sacrament term not only referring to the receiving act
liturgy
vsEucharist
4 9.1

A Christian ceremony that blesses bread and wine to remember the Last Supper

is the sacrament seen as a specific sacred practice rather than general rite
Lord's Supper
vsEucharist
2 7.7

A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember the meal Jesus had before he died

is the formal sacrament term rather than the historical meal framing
Holy Eucharist
vsEucharist
  • Formal
1 8.1

A Christian ceremony when people bless and eat bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper

is the general sacrament term used for that rite
Holy Sacrament
vsEucharist
  • Formal
1 9.8

A religious ceremony where Christians bless bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper

is the broader religious term rather than this specific phrasing
sacramentum
vsEucharist
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A religious ceremony like baptism or the Eucharist that gives God's blessing

is the concrete rite tied to the Last Supper rather than any general rite
9.8

A Christian ceremony where people eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' death and his rising from the dead

is the general term without the extra death and resurrection focus
Eucharistic liturgy
vsEucharist
9.9

A Christian ceremony where bread and wine are blessed and eaten to remember Jesus' Last Supper

is the sacramental act rather than simply the public ceremony
housel
vsEucharist
  • Archaic
9.9

An old Christian ceremony where people receive bread and wine

is the modern name rather than the archaic word
communio
vsEucharist
9.9

A Christian service in which people receive bread and wine to show unity

is the sacrament term focusing on the rite rather than the receiving act

Compounds

1 8.1

A Christian ceremony when people bless and eat bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper

A Christian ceremony where people eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' death and his rising from the dead

Surface Forms

Eucharist singular
Eucharists plural

Etymology

Eucharist comes from the Greek eucharistia, which means 'thanksgiving', from eu- 'good' and charis 'thanks' or 'grace'. So the Christian ceremony of bread and wine at the Last Supper is named as a time of giving thanks.