eucharist
noun/juːkərɪst/
Frequency rank: #12,393 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in remembrance of Christ's Last Supper.
Example sentence
The priest carefully prepared the bread and wine for the eucharist ceremony.
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