eulogia

American  

[yoo-loh-jee-uh, ev-law-yee-ah] / yuˈloʊ dʒi ə, ˌɛv lɔˈyi ɑ /

noun

1. Also called antidoron, holy bread.  Eastern Church.  blessed bread given to the congregation during vespers or at the end of the liturgy.

2. Greek Orthodox Church.  a blessing.

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eulogia British  

/ juːˈləʊdʒɪə /

noun

1. Eastern Churches blessed bread distributed to members of the congregation after the liturgy, esp to those who have not communed

2. archaic  a blessing or something blessed

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Etymology

Origin of eulogia

1745–55; < Late Latin < Greek eulogía praise, blessing. See eu-, -logy, -ia

Example Sentences

Opened in April in a free-standing building — a converted residential home right next to a Lube-It station in Alexandria — Silpancho’s House is a family business started by Eulogia Cabero, her sister and chef, Rosemary Vasquez, and their two brothers.

From Washington Post

In 2017, Wolovick’s team built Eulogia, a supercomputing cluster built from recent-model Intel Xeon Phi processors.

From Nature

When Eulogia Rodríguez reached the cemetery on Monday, she ran straight to the newly identified grave of her brother Macedonio Rodríguez, who died on the islands when he was 19.

From New York Times

Eulogia Rodriguez is the sister of soldier Macedonio Rodriguez.

From Seattle Times

In the days before the Reformation, eulogiæ, or cross-marked consecrated cakes, were made from the dough of the mass-bread, and distributed by the priests to be eaten at home by those who had been prevented by sickness or infirmity from attending the mass.

From Project Gutenberg