English Explanatory Dictionary

Eucharist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.
  2. A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
  3. The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eucharist.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːkəɹɪst/ /ˈjuːkɹɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Eucharist.wav

Word forms

Eucharist Eucharists

Etymology

From Middle English eukarist, from Old French, from Ecclesiastical Latin eucharistia, from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía, “gratitude, giving of thanks”). Displaced native Old English hūsl.

Synonyms

Holy Communion Communion Mass Divine Liturgy Qurbana church the elements

Related words

eucharistic eucharistical

Translations

Arabic: تَنَاوُل Arabic: أَفْخَارِسْتِيَا Catalan: eucaristia Dutch: eucharistie Esperanto: Eŭkaristio Finnish: ehtoollinen Finnish: Herran pyhä ehtoollinen French: eucharistie Galician: eucaristía Georgian: ევქარისტია Georgian: ზიარება German: Eucharistie Greek: ευχαριστία Greek: θεία μετάληψη Hungarian: eucharisztia Hungarian: úrvacsora Indonesian: ekaristi Irish: Eocairist Italian: eucaristia Japanese: 聖餐 Japanese: 聖体拝領 Khmer: ពិធីស្នានកិច្ច Korean: 성체성사 Macedonian: причесна Macedonian: причест Māori: hākarameta Middle English: eukarist Norwegian Bokmål: nattverd Old English: hūsl Piedmontese: eucaristìa Plautdietsch: Owentmol Polish: eucharystia Portuguese: eucaristia Romanian: euharistie Russian: прича́стие Serbo-Croatian: еухарѝстија Serbo-Croatian: euharìstija Spanish: eucaristía Swedish: nattvard Swedish: eukaristi Tagalog: Eukaristiya Telugu: దివ్యసత్ప్రసాదం Vietnamese: Thánh Thể Vietnamese: Cực Thánh Vietnamese: Mình Thánh Chúa Vietnamese: Tiệc Thánh
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