Lord's table

American  

noun

1. the. communion table.

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Lord's table British  

noun

1. Holy Communion

2. another name for altar

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Etymology

Origin of Lord's table

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

“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

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

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

We have an altar," are a proof that the Lord's table is an altar, I advise him to read what Waterland, no mean theologian, says on the subject:—"Christians have an altar whereof they partake.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles