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 • Mar. 19, 2023
The sisters dedicated themselves to prayer, meditation, spiritual reading and baking altar bread.
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 J?kai, M?r
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