Eucharist

See also: eucharist

English

Etymology

From Middle English eukarist, from Old French, from Ecclesiastical Latin eucharistia, from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía, “gratitude, giving of thanks”). Displaced native Old English hūsl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːkəɹɪst/, /ˈjuːkɹɪst/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧cha‧rist, Euch‧arist

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Noun

Eucharist (plural Eucharists)

1. (Christianity) The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.

   Synonyms: Holy Communion, Communion

2. (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.

   Synonyms: Holy Communion, Communion, Mass, Divine Liturgy, (informal) church

3. The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.

   Synonym: the elements

Hyponyms

• (substances): Precious Blood (Roman Catholicism)

Related terms

• eucharistic
• eucharistical

 

Translations

sacrament

Arabic: تَنَاوُل m (tanāwul), أَفْخَارِسْتِيَا f or m (ʔafḵāristiyā) Catalan: eucaristia (ca) f Dutch: eucharistie (nl) f Esperanto: Eŭkaristio Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi), Herran pyhä ehtoollinen French: eucharistie (fr) f Galician: eucaristía f Georgian: ევქარისტია (evkarisṭia), ზიარება (ziareba) German: Eucharistie (de) f Greek: ευχαριστία (el) f (efcharistía), θεία μετάληψη f (theía metálipsi) Hungarian: eucharisztia (hu), úrvacsora (hu) Indonesian: ekaristi (id) Irish: Eocairist f Italian: eucaristia (it) f Khmer: ពិធីស្នានកិច្ច (pi’tʰii snaan kəc) Korean: 성체성사 (seongcheseongsa) Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest) Maori: hākarameta Middle English: eukarist Norwegian: Bokmål: nattverd m Old English: hūsl n Piedmontese: eucaristìa f Plautdietsch: Owentmol n Polish: eucharystia (pl) f Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f Romanian: euharistie (ro) Russian: прича́стие (ru) n (pričástije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: еухарѝстија f Roman: euharìstija (sh) Spanish: eucaristía (es) f Vietnamese: Thánh Thể, Cực Thánh, Mình Thánh Chúa, Tiệc Thánh

ceremony

Dutch: eucharistieviering (nl) f Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi), Herran pyhä ehtoollinen Galician: eucaristía f Georgian: ზიარება (ziareba), ევქარისტია (evkarisṭia) German: Eucharistiefeier (de) f, Eucharistie (de) f Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌰 f (aiwxaristia) Hungarian: eucharisztia (hu) Irish: Eocairist f Italian: eucaristia (it) f Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest) Norwegian: Bokmål: nattverd m Plautdietsch: Owentmol n Polish: eucharystia (pl) f Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f Romanian: cuminecătură (ro), împărtășanie (ro), euharistie (ro), grijanie (ro) Russian: прича́стие (ru) n (pričástije) Spanish: Eucaristía f, Cena del Señor, Santa Cena Vietnamese: Lễ ban Thánh Thể, Tiệc Thánh

substances

Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi) German: Eucharistie (de) f Irish: corp Chríost m, (please verify) Eocairist f, Comaoineach f Italian: eucaristia (it) f Korean: 성체 (seongche) Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest) Polish: eucharystia (pl) f Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f Spanish: eucaristía (es) f Vietnamese: Thánh Thể

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hungarian: (please verify) oltáriszentség (hu) Slovene: (please verify) evharistija (sl) f

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