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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., holds Holy Eucharist Rite I at 8 a.m. and Holy Eucharist Rite II with hymns at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.—Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025 Some dresses recall chasubles, aka the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clery to celebrate the Eucharist.—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 Another showed Prevost holding up a plantain as a Eucharist, symbolizing the body of Christ.—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 Francis was accused by his critics of acting in this way with his positions on Eucharist for those remarried without a prior annulment and on blessings for gay couples.—Dennis Doyle, The Conversation, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Eucharist
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Etymology
Middle English eukarist, from Anglo-French eukariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek, Eucharist, gratitude, from eucharistos grateful, from eu- + charizesthai to show favor, from charis favor, grace, gratitude; akin to Greek chairein to rejoice — more at yearn
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