English Explanatory Dictionary

Precious Blood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.

Word forms

Precious Blood the Precious Blood

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin pretiōsus sanguis.

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