'Eucharist' definitions:
Definition of 'Eucharist'
From: WordNet
noun
A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine [syn: Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, sacrament of the Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Eucharistic liturgy, Lord's Supper]
Definition of 'Eucharist'
From: GCIDE
- Eucharist \Eu"cha*rist\, n. [L. eucharistia, Gr. e'ycharisti`a, lit., a giving of thanks; e'y^ + cha`ris favor, grace, thanks; akin to chai`rein to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf. F. eucharistie.]
- 1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion. -- See Sacrament. Eucharistic
Synonyms of 'Eucharist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altar bread,
- baptism,
- bread,
- bread and wine,
- Communion,
- confirmation,
- consecrated bread,
- consecrated elements,
- consubstantiation,
- elements,
- extreme unction,
- Holy Communion,
- holy orders,
- Host,
- impanation,
- intinction,
- Last Supper,
- loaf,
- matrimony,
- penance,
- real presence,
- Sacrament Sunday,
- seven sacraments,
- subpanation,
- the Eucharist,
- the Holy Sacrament,
- the Sacrament,
- transubstantiation,
- wafer