Examples of Eucharist in a Sentence
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This album will precede Beyoncé’s Eucharist World Tour, featuring opener Pope Francis.
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Mads Horwath, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The consumption of the casualties, so to speak, was portrayed in that 1993 film as a form of Eucharist (a comparison made by at least one of the 16 eventual real-life survivors, in answer to their critics) and the meal as a sacrament.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
In his daily medical update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis again rested well overnight, was at work during the day and had received the Eucharist during a moment of prayer in the chapel of his hospital suite.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
Traditionally, there is no Mass and no celebration of the Eucharist on Good Friday.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2023
Viaticum is a term given to the Eucharist when it is given to someone who is in severe danger of death.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2023
During the Mass, which recalls the origins of the priesthood and how Catholics take part in the Eucharist, Wesley was one of 12 men who had their feet washed by Hood to symbolize the love of Christ for his apostles and others.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2023
Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday, commemorates the start of the Eucharist during the Last Supper.
—Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2023
Mads Horwath, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The consumption of the casualties, so to speak, was portrayed in that 1993 film as a form of Eucharist (a comparison made by at least one of the 16 eventual real-life survivors, in answer to their critics) and the meal as a sacrament.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
In his daily medical update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis again rested well overnight, was at work during the day and had received the Eucharist during a moment of prayer in the chapel of his hospital suite.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
Traditionally, there is no Mass and no celebration of the Eucharist on Good Friday.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2023
Viaticum is a term given to the Eucharist when it is given to someone who is in severe danger of death.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2023
During the Mass, which recalls the origins of the priesthood and how Catholics take part in the Eucharist, Wesley was one of 12 men who had their feet washed by Hood to symbolize the love of Christ for his apostles and others.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2023
Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday, commemorates the start of the Eucharist during the Last Supper.
—Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2023
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“Eucharist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Eucharist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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Eucharist
noun
Eu·cha·rist
ˈyü-k(ə-)rəst 
Etymology
derived from Greek eucharistia "Eucharist, gratitude," from eu- "good" and charizesthai "to show favor or gratitude"
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