Definitions for Eucharistˈyu kə rɪst
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Eu•cha•ristˈyu kə rɪst(n.)
the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.
Category: Religion
the consecrated elements of the Holy Communion, esp. the bread.
Category: Religion
Origin of Eucharist:
1350–1400; ME eukarist < LL eucharistia < Gk eucharistía gratefulness, thanksgiving. See eu -, charisma , -ia
Eu`cha•ris′tic(adj.)
Eu`cha•ris′ti•cal(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, sacrament of the Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Eucharistic liturgy, Lord's Supper(noun)
a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Wiktionary
Eucharist(Noun)
The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.
Eucharist(Noun)
A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
Eucharist(Noun)
The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christu2019s body and blood.
Webster Dictionary
Eucharist(noun)
the act of giving thanks; thanksgiving
Eucharist(noun)
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
The Roycroft Dictionary
eucharist
Salvation by the pound, or by the pint. (If one should eat, say, a pound of eucharistic chips and drink two quarts of the holy water a day, one would be cleansed of all sin and be much richer in bacteria.)
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