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EUCHARIST

Volume 9 · 43 words · 1860 Edition

(ἐυχαριστία, thanksgiving; from εὖ, well, and χάρις, favour), the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of commemorating the death of our Redeemer, in the use of bread and wine as emblems of his flesh and blood. See Supper of the Lord.