altar bread
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of altar bread
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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They stopped baking altar bread and started to cull their belongings to the bare essentials.
From Seattle Times
The sisters dedicated themselves to prayer, meditation, spiritual reading and baking altar bread.
From Seattle Times
“It has to be flavorful. It has to taste like beer,” said Hal McConnellogue, cellar manager at San Leandro, Calif.-based Drake's Brewing Co., which had an IPA made with altar bread, grapes and terpenes at the festival.
From Los Angeles Times
She has lost more than 100 pounds which she credits, in part, to the hard work of pressing the altar bread.
From Seattle Times
They run a business baking altar bread, and it was the middle of the busy season with Easter approaching.
From Seattle Times
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