Eucharist Definition

yo͝okər-ĭst
noun
The central Christian rite, in which bread and wine are consecrated and distributed as the body and blood of Jesus or as symbols of them.
Webster's New World
The consecrated bread and wine, or either of these.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
Eucharist
Plural:
eucharists

Origin of Eucharist

  • Middle English eukarist from Old French eucariste from Late Latin eucharistia from Greek eukharistiā from eukharistos grateful, thankful eu- eu- kharizesthai to show favor (from kharis grace gher-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Eucharist Sentence Examples

  • All those who in the middle ages denied the substantial presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist were commonly designated Berengarians.

  • In 1549 he took part in a great disputation on the Eucharist.

  • About this time he changed his views on the Eucharist and swung clean over from transubstantiation to the advanced Zwinglian position.

  • Thus baptism is not valid if wine or ice be used instead of water, nor the Eucharist if water be consecrated in place of wine, nor confirmation unless the chrism has been blessed by a bishop; also olive oil must be used.

  • His Zwinglian view of the Eucharist disturbed his relations with his Catholic colleagues.

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