holy bread

American  

noun

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

2. Eastern Church. eulogia.

3. Greek Orthodox Church. antidoron.

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Etymology

Origin of holy bread

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

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

Item for holy bread on Good Friday 2d.

From Project Gutenberg

This holy bread we taste when we with faith go to housel; because the holy housel is spiritually Christ's body; and through that we are redeemed from eternal death.

From Project Gutenberg

To whom he answered, “If you will be washed in that font of salvation, in which your father was washed, you may also partake of the holy Bread of which he partook; but if you despise the laver of life, you can in no wise receive the Bread of life.”

From Project Gutenberg

He was reverently placing the napkin over them when Barbara Stafford came from her station in the shadow of the pulpit, and, kneeling at his feet, besought him that she too might partake of the holy bread and wine.

From Project Gutenberg