prosphora
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A small round loaf of bread used in Eastern Orthodox church services
- noun
- /ˈprɒs.fə.rə/
- Specialized
:
prosfora
- She learned how to make prosphora from her grandmother, who taught her the traditional recipe.
Examples
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The priest placed the prosphora on the altar during the service.
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Can you drop this prosphora over at the church on your way home?
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No, no, I got the prosphora, but it's in the car.
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- Oh, this is the prosphora, Tiffany made it.
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In this way, his body becomes a sacrifice (thusia) and an offering (prosphora).
Academic text (2005) -
Every Sunday, the congregation brings freshly baked prosphora for the liturgy.
Surface Forms
prosphora singular
prosphoras plural
Etymology
Prosphora comes from a Greek word that means 'offering', made from pros- 'toward' and phero 'to bring', and it is like the English word 'offer'. So a prosphora is the small loaf of bread 'brought as an offering' at an Eastern Orthodox church service.