communion cup
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of communion cup
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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He avoided the common communion cup during Sunday services at the Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, and then felt worse after he got home.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020
How do you receive the body and blood of Christ when the communion cup might be a vector?
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2020
Then the other one is the communion cup, because in our tradition, we use a shared cup.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2020
As out of place as a mouse in the communion cup is $10,200 in the till of a church paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw the priest stow the communion cup away, well in, and kneel an instant before it, showing a large grey bootsole from under the lace affair he had on.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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