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| alb |
a full-length linen robe worn by some Christian priests at the Eucharist. |
| chalice |
a drinking goblet, esp. that used for the Eucharist wine. [1/2 definitions] |
| ciborium |
a lidded container for holding sacred wafers for the Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| communion |
(cap.) the Christian sacrament in which the Eucharist is received, or the bread and wine of the Eucharist, or the portion of the religious service or liturgy in which this sacrament is received. [1/3 definitions] |
| consubstantiation |
the Christian doctrine of the coexistence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ with the bread and wine of the Eucharist. (See transubstantiation.) |
| Holy Communion |
the consecrated bread or wine; Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| liturgy |
the communion service; Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| Lord's Supper |
the sacrament of the Last Supper; Communion; the Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| oblation |
(cap.) the offering of bread and wine during the celebration of the Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| pyxis |
a lidded box or vessel, such as that in which the Eucharist is kept; pyx. [1/3 definitions] |
| sacrament |
(usu. cap.) the Eucharist or its consecrated elements, esp. the bread or host. [1/4 definitions] |
| Sacramentarian |
one who believes that the Eucharist represents Jesus Christ only symbolically and is not an actual manifestation of his presence. [1/4 definitions] |
| transubstantiate |
to convert (the substance but not the form of bread and wine) into the body and blood of Jesus Christ, as Roman Catholic doctrine teaches it is done in the Eucharist. [1/2 definitions] |
| transubstantiation |
in the Roman Catholic Church, the doctrine that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are the true body and blood of Jesus Christ. |
| wafer |
a small thin round piece of bread eaten in the sacrament of the Eucharist. [1/6 definitions] |
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