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(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
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Alternative form of Akathistos [(religion) An Orthodox, Byzantine hymn sung during Lent.]
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A series of doxological prayers.
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(Christianity) A hymn dedicated to a saint, holy event, or person of the Holy Trinity, in Eastern Christian traditions.
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(religion) An Orthodox, Byzantine hymn sung during Lent.
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(Christianity) Bread which is used in a eucharistic service.
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Religious items made from precious metals such as chalices and patens, that are used on an altar during eucharist.
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(Christianity) Part of the habit of a senior monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church, similar to a scapular.
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(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
adj
Of or pertaining to an anchorite.
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The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements.
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(Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism) A piece of ordinary leavened bread, taken from remnants of loaves used for the Eucharist, which has been blessed but not consecrated; distributed in churches that use the Byzantine Rite.
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(Christianity) A rectangular piece of linen or silk, usually decorated with religious emblems and inscriptions, and containing a small relic of a martyr.
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(religion) A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service
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A troparion chanted at Orthodox Christian worship services, summarizing the feast being celebrated that day.
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(historical, Christianity) Bread-worship (the worship of the bread at Eucharist).
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(Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
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(Eastern Orthodoxy) a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.
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(Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy) A metal cross that is placed over the diskos to prevent the veil from touching the host.
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(architecture) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.
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(Catholicism) In the Catholic Church, the offering up of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass twice on the same day by the same celebrant.
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(by extension) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist, considered to be the flesh of Jesus Christ.
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(Christianity) To take part in Holy Communion.
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A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
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A vault under the altar of a Greek church.
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(Christianity) A portion of the psalter; a troparion or short hymn used as a response.
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A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place).
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(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
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A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism.
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(Christianity) A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.
v
(Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
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(Christianity) One who receives communion.
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(Christianity) A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
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(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
n
Participation in Holy Communion.
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(Christianity) Holy Communion.
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The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.
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(Christianity) One who takes part in Holy Communion; a communicant.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Christian communion ceremony.
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(Christianity) The Roman Catholic doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the Eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communication in one kind only.
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(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.
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(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
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(Christianity) Communion.
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(by extension, chiefly Christianity) All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.
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A sacristy for sacred vessels in a Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.
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(Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A small plate used to hold eucharistic bread which is to be consecrated; a paten.
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(Christianity) A litany in the Byzantine Rite.
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(Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
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(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
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(Christianity) The part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass in which the celebrant invokes the Holy Spirit to change the bread and wine on the altar into the body and blood of Jesus (said at the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer in the Western tradition and at the end of the aforementioned in the Eastern tradition)
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A cuff worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other Catholic churches.
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(Christianity) The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.
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Alternative form of eucharistize [(intransitive) To give thanks to God and remember Christ by communal activity, especially by eating and drinking the bread and wine of the Eucharist; to share in communion.]
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(intransitive) To give thanks to God and remember Christ by communal activity, especially by eating and drinking the bread and wine of the Eucharist; to share in communion.
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(Christianity, historical) The practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
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(Roman Catholicism) The first time that a person, usually a child, receives the sacrament of Communion.
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(Christianity, historical) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
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(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
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Alternative spelling of gospellike [(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.]
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A receptacle for sacred objects.
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The consecrated bread used in the Eucharist.
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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.
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(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Holy Rood: the True Cross of Jesus. [(Christianity) Synonym of True Cross: the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.]
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(Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) The sacrilegious mistreatment or malicious use of the host (consecrated bread of the Eucharist).
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(obsolete, Catholicism) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
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The act of administering the eucharist.
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(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom.
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(Christianity) A type of sticheron found in the liturgical books used in Orthodox Christianity.
adj
Embodied in bread, especially in the bread of the Eucharist.
n
(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.
n
In Roman Catholicism, the theological principle which governs whether it is permissible for a Roman Catholic to partake of the Eucharist in a non-Catholic service, and vice versa
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The act of steeping or soaking the bread (or 'body' of Christ) in the wine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of the Eucharist simultaneously.
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(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the blood of Christ with the wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
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The deacon's litany or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Orthodox Church.
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(Christianity) In the Greek Orthodox Church, a troparion or short anthem sung while the Gospel is being carried through the church.
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(Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
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Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.
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(Christianity) A spoon used in the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) The leader of the second (left) choir of singers in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
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(Christianity) The Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death.
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(Christianity) Eucharist
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(Christianity) The table at which the Lord's Supper is held, or on which the elements are laid.
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(Christianity, historical) A symbolic communal meal held by early Christians in commemoration of the eucharist.
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(Christianity) A series of seven prayers in the vespers of the Greek Church.
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(Christianity) Part of the vespers of the Greek Orthodox Church on the occasion of a vigil.
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(Christianity) The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.
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(Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
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The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.
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A decorated plate, which in late Roman and Byzantine times was donated on the occasion of solemn anniversaries to dignitaries
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(Christianity) The chalice prepared for the Eucharist, containing wine mixed with water.
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(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.
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(Christianity) A purificator (napkin used during Holy Communion).
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(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.
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The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist
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(Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected.
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(Christianity) Synonym of kontakion (hymn or poem recited as a dialogue)
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(Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
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(art) A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
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(Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
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(Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
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(uncommon, Eastern Christianity) The epigonation.
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(Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
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Alternative form of panagia [(Christianity) An ornament worn hanging on the breast by Russian bishops.]
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(Christianity) An ornament worn hanging on the breast by Russian bishops.
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(Christianity) A paten on which the loaf is placed, used in the 'elevation of the Panagia'.
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(Christianity) A solemn liturgical service for the repose of the departed in Eastern Christendom.
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(Christianity) In the Greek Orthodox Church, a collection of sermons for festivals.
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A temple dedicated to all the gods.
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Alternative form of Paracleticon [(Christianity) An office-book in the Greek Orthodox Church containing the troparia of the whole ferial office for the year.]
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(Christianity) An office-book in the Greek Orthodox Church containing the troparia of the whole ferial office for the year.
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(Christianity) In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.
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(Christianity) The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
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(Christianity) The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist.
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A paten (plate for the host in the Eucharist).
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(Christianity, archaic) A medieval artisan who crafted rosary beads or prayer nuts.
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(Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
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The concluding portion of the communion service.
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(Roman Catholicism) The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.
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Alternative form of proseuche [(religion) A place of prayer; among the Jews, one that was not a synagogue, or the temple, usually roofless.]
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(orthodox Christianity) Alternative form of proskynetarion [(Eastern Orthodox Church) an object of religious reverence]
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a holy bread; a small loaf of leavened bread, used for communion in Orthodox Church. Usually consists of two layers, symbolizing the dual nature of Christ.
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(Christianity) The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodx and Eastern Catholic Churches.
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(Roman Catholicism, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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(Christianity) The napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice during Holy Communion.
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(Christianity, also figuratively) A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.
n
The Eucharistic service in Syrian Christianity.
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(Catholicism, by extension) Presentation anew of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through the Eucharist.
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(theology) The actual presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharistic sacrament.
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(theology) The Anglican doctrine that, during the Eucharist, the bread and wine remain unchanged after consecration, but that communicants receive the body and blood of Christ by faith when they consume the bread and wine.
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The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
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(Christianity) In the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum.
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(in particular) The Eucharist.
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(high-church Christianity) The Holy Communion; the sacrament instituted by Jesus at the Last Supper.
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(religion) The bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.
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The bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass.
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Alternative form of serapeum [(historical) A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.]
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Alternative form of serapeum [(historical) A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.]
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Twelve loaves of bread placed on the altar in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread.
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(religion) The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
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(ecclesiastical) The corporal: the cloth placed beneath the eucharist.
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(religion) A type of wafer used in the celebration of Mass.
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(Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
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Synonym of kathisma (“hinged seat used in monastic churches”).
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Alternative form of stauropegion [(initially) In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.]
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(Christianity, derogatory, historical) One who believes that the consecrated elements in the Eucharist—the bread and wine—undergo the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient.
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(Christianity) an epithet of several saints revered as stylites
n
(Christianity) The doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are locally and materially present in the Eucharist under the form of bread and wine.
n
(obsolete) The Lord's Supper.
n
A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a Roman Catholic church.
n
A service of Holy Communion.
adv
(Christianity) Oriented like the communion table, with the ends east and west, as opposed to altarwise.
n
(chiefly Ancient Greece) A piece of ground surrounding or adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct.
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(figuratively) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
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(Christianity) A wooden slab, covered with a cloth, placed on the altar in the Syrian Orthodox Church, and symbolizing the Cross.
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(Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.
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(Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
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(Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
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(Christianity) The liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church, containing the propers for the fasting period preceding Easter and for the weeks leading up to the fast.
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(Christianity) A liturgical prayer that (in it's English translation) runs “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us”, typically sung before certain scriptural readings at Eucharistic liturgies in Eastern Christianity, and during the Good Friday Mass in the Roman Rite.
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(historical, Christianity) The moderate Hussite ideology that the faithful, specifically including laity, should receive Communion under both kinds (sub utraque specie), that is to say, receive both bread and wine during the Eucharist; moderate Hussitism.
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(especially Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
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(by extension, Christianity) The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
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(Christianity) The view, believed to have been held by Calvin and other church reformers contrary to the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine (in Christian Holy Communion) do not literally transform into flesh and blood but are the medium or mechanism through which the spiritual or immaterial essence of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ are received.
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(Christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
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