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 • Mar. 9, 2022

Every New Year's Day the sacristan comes and puts a morsel of the holy bread in her mouth, and that is all she has to live on.

From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir

The priest answered David, "There is no plain bread at hand, but only holy bread."

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

From that time he rarely appeared at home, though he never forgot to bring his mistress some holy bread....

From Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

This mode of trial was improved by adding to the bread a slice of cheese; and such was their credulity, that they were very particular in this holy bread and cheese, called the corsned.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac