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nouna Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
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- mass (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- receive partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- mass a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
- communion the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
- pax (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
- 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
- wafer thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
- goblet a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
- chalice a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
- pix any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept