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altar bread

American  

noun

  1. bread for use in a Eucharistic service.


Etymology

Origin of altar bread

First recorded in 1840–50


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The sisters dedicated themselves to prayer, meditation, spiritual reading and baking altar bread.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

They stopped baking altar bread and started to cull their belongings to the bare essentials.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

She has lost more than 100 pounds which she credits, in part, to the hard work of pressing the altar bread.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2018

They run a business baking altar bread, and it was the middle of the busy season with Easter approaching.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2018

You will find there an altar, bread, strong bastions, which the good God and your good swords will defend against a thousand enemies.

From Tales From J?kai by M?r J?kai

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