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AZYMITES

Volume 2 · 63 words · 1797 Edition

in church-history, Christians who administer the eucharist with unleavened bread. The word is formed from the Greek, a priv. and ouan ferment.—This appellation is given to the Latin by the Greek church, because the members of the former use fermented bread in the celebration of the eucharist. They also call the Armenians and Maronites by the same name, and for the same reason.