Eucharistic
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Eu·cha·rist
(yo͞o′kər-ĭst)n.
1. A sacrament and the central act of worship in many Christian churches, which was instituted at the Last Supper and in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in remembrance of Jesus's death; Communion.
2. The consecrated elements of this rite; Communion.
[Middle English eukarist, from Old French eucariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek eukharistiā, from eukharistos, grateful, thankful : eu-, eu- + kharizesthai, to show favor (from kharis, grace; see gher- in Indo-European roots).]
Eu′cha·ris′tic, Eu′cha·ris′ti·cal adj.
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Adj. | 1. | Eucharistic - of or relating to the sacrament of the Eucharist; "the Eucharistic cup" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Eucharistic
adj → eucharistisch; the Eucharistic liturgy → die Abendmahlsliturgie; the Eucharistic sacrament → das Sakrament des heiligen Abendmahls
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007