Definition of eucharist Eucharist

/juˈkɚʌst/ - [yukerust] - Eu•cha•rist

We found 10 definitions of eucharist from 7 different sources.

What does eucharist mean?

WordNet

Noun
eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
		Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, sacrament of the Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Eucharistic liturgy, Lord's Supper
		sacrament a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
		offertory the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God

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Wiktionary

eucharist (Noun)
The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion .
eucharist (Noun)
A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
eucharist (Noun)
The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

eucharist (n.)
The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
eucharist (n.)
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

eucharist
A sacrament and the central act of worship in many Christian churches, which was instituted at the Last Supper and in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in remembrance of Jesus's death.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

eucharist
ū′ka-rist, n. the sacrament of the Lord's Supper: the elements of the sacrament, as 'to receive the Eucharist.'—adjs. Eucharist′ic, -al. [Gr. eucharistia, thanksgiving—eu, well, and charizesthai, to show favour—charis, grace, thanks.]

Wikipedia

The Eucharist, also called holy communion, the sacrament, or the Lord's Supper, is a kind of religious ritual in many Christian churches. It started when Jesus Christ told his followers to eat bread and drink wine in memory of him, at the Last Supper.

According to the Roman Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the true presence of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. During a mass, through the act of transubstantiation, the bread and wine offered change, and are no longer bread and wine. They truly become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The bread and wine do not change appearance, but they truly are the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, which Catholics in good standing (not in the state of mortal sin) come and receive Christ--they consume Him. This follows what was said by Christ "Eat my Body and Drink my Blood".

Many Protestant churches believe that this was meant to be simply a symbol. However the Catholic Church bases its beliefs off of the tradition handed down through the hierarchy of the church. It is also based off of John 6 (the bread of life discourse), where Christ says "eat my body" and "drink my blood." The literal translation from the Greek is "Gnaw on my flesh". When some of the Jewish people listening to this message in the bible are weirded out and leave, Jesus does not try and stop them. He just keeps talking. This shows us that he truly meant for us to "Drink his Blood" and "gnaw on his flesh".

In most Protestant churches the sacrament of holy communion also involve