The consecrated elements of the Eucharist, esp. the bread; (also) the administration or receiving of the Eucharist; the service or ceremony of the…

spec. bread and wine used as the elements in the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist.

The consecrated elements, esp. the bread or Host.

concrete. Used for: The consecrated elements.

= species, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

spec. Christian Church. Each of the elements (bread and wine) used in the Eucharist. Esp. in (communion) in (also under, †with) one kind (also each ki…

The consecrated elements, esp. the bread. Phrases, to give (also receive,etc.) the Eucharist.

The bread and wine used in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Chiefly plural.

Ecclesiastical. The visible form of each of the elements of bread and wine used in the sacrament of the Eucharist; one or other of these elements.

(absol. (quasi-n. in plural) The bread and wine of the Eucharist considered apart from their consecration. Obsolete.

An ordinance, rite, or sacrament of the Christian Church, esp. (in later use) the Eastern Orthodox Church. In plural: the Eucharist; the consecrated…

An object representing something sacred; spec. (absol.) either of the elements in the eucharist, as representing the body and blood of Christ.

Christian Church. The Eucharist. Cf. viaticum, n.