Lord's table
Americannoun
noun
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Holy Communion
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another name for altar
Etymology
Origin of Lord's table
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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“No one could be more welcoming at the Lord’s table than Everett Quinton,” he said by email.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
The button chrysanthemum she finds one of the few small flowers which look well on the Lord's table.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have taken down a few statements made by other speakers such as 'spiritual character,' 'spiritual value,' and 'joint worship at the Lord's table.'
From Time Magazine Archive
When she was asked where the two papers might come together, the Worker's Publisher Dorothy Day replied: "Only at the Lord's table."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Most certainly," the doctor answered; "ours is not the Presbyterian table, General Washington, but the Lord's table; and hence we give the Lord's invitation to all His followers, of whatever name."
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)
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