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holy bread

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noun

  1. bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.

  2. Eastern Church. eulogia.

  3. Greek Orthodox Church. antidoron.


Etymology

Origin of holy bread

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

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It’s a nice touch beneath the stained-glass window of the bakery, which purportedly produces holy bread but doesn’t have bagels on its menu.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2022

My brothers give her little sums for holy bread and church services, and outraging her religious feelings, she saves that money and sends it in secret to her erring Grigory.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

The historian Faillon tells some strange things about Bishop Laval and Governor D'Argenson: their squabble about holy bread.

From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no other bread there except that which had been removed from the temple to be replaced at once by hot bread.

From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.

And also in the Canon of the Masse, after the consecration, this most worthy Sacrament is called holy bread.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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