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epiclesisnoun
The part of the Catholic Mass and Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy in which the celebrant invokes the Holy Spirit to change the bread and wine on the altar into the body and blood of Jesus. Said at the beginning of the offeratory prayers in the Catholic Mass and at the end of the aforementioned in the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy.
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Epiclesis
The epiclesis is that part of the Anaphora by which the priest invokes the Holy Spirit upon the Eucharistic bread and wine in some Christian churches. In most Eastern Christian traditions, the Epiclesis comes after the Anamnesis; in the Western Rite it usually precedes.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of epiclesis in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of epiclesis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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