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   Eu·cha·rist

   /ˈyo͞ok(ə)rəst/

   noun

   • 1. the Christian service, ceremony, or sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed: "we went to an early morning Eucharist"
   • ▪ the consecrated elements, especially the bread: "he was wheeled close to the altar to receive the Eucharist"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French eucariste, based on ecclesiastical Greek eukharistia ‘thanksgiving’, from Greek eukharistos ‘grateful’, from eu ‘well’ + kharizesthai ‘offer graciously’ (from kharis ‘grace’).

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