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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eucharist \Eu"cha*rist\, n. [L. eucharistia, Gr e'ycharisti`a, lit., a giving of thanks; e'y^ + cha`ris favor, grace, thanks; akin to chai`rein to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf F. eucharistie.] 1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. --South. 2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion. -- See {Sacrament}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Eucharist n : a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine [syn: {Eucharist}, {sacrament of the Eucharist}, {Holy Sacrament}, {Liturgy}, {Eucharistic liturgy}, {Lord's Supper}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EUCHARIST, n. A sacred feast of the religious sect of Theophagi A dispute once unhappily arose among the members of this sect as to what it was that they ate. In this controversy some five hundred thousand have already been slain, and the question is still unsettled.
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