Eucharist

See also: eucharist

English

Etymology

From Middle English eukarist, from Old French, from Ecclesiastical Latin eucharistia, from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía, “gratitude, giving of thanks”). Displaced native Old English hūsl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːkəɹɪst/, /ˈjuːkɹɪst/
• Hyphenation: Eu‧cha‧rist, Euch‧arist

Noun

Eucharist (plural Eucharists)

1. (Christianity) The Christian sacrament of Holy Communion.

   Synonyms: Holy Communion, Communion

2. (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.

   Synonyms: Holy Communion, Communion, Mass, Divine Liturgy, (informal) church

3. The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.

   Synonym: the elements

Hyponyms

• (substances): Precious Blood (Roman Catholicism)

Related terms

• eucharistic
• eucharistical

 

Translations

sacrament

• Catalan: eucaristia (ca) f
• Dutch: eucharistie (nl) f
• Esperanto: Eŭkaristio
• Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi), Herran pyhä ehtoollinen
• French: eucharistie (fr) f
• Galician: eucaristía f
• Georgian: ევქარისტია (evkarisṭia), ზიარება (ziareba)
• German: Eucharistie (de) f
• Greek: ευχαριστία (el) f (efcharistía), θεία μετάληψη f (theía metálipsi)
• Hungarian: eucharisztia (hu), úrvacsora (hu)
• Indonesian: ekaristi (id)
• Irish: Eocairist f
• Italian: eucaristia (it) f
• Khmer: ពិធីស្នានកិច្ច (pi’tʰii snaan kəc)
• Korean: 성체성사 (seongcheseongsa)
• Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest)
• Maori: hākarameta
• Middle English: eukarist
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattverd m

• Old English: hūsl n
• Piedmontese: eucaristìa f
• Plautdietsch: Owentmol n
• Polish: eucharystia (pl) f
• Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f
• Romanian: euharistie (ro)
• Russian: прича́стие (ru) n (pričástije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еухарѝстија f

  Roman: euharìstija (sh)

• Spanish: eucaristía (es) f
• Vietnamese: Thánh Thể, Cực Thánh, Mình Thánh Chúa, Tiệc Thánh

ceremony

• Dutch: eucharistieviering (nl) f
• Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi), Herran pyhä ehtoollinen
• Galician: eucaristía f
• Georgian: ზიარება (ziareba), ევქარისტია (evkarisṭia)
• German: Eucharistiefeier (de) f, Eucharistie (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌰 f (aiwxaristia)
• Hungarian: eucharisztia (hu)
• Irish: Eocairist f
• Italian: eucaristia (it) f
• Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattverd m

• Plautdietsch: Owentmol n
• Polish: eucharystia (pl) f
• Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f
• Romanian: cuminecătură (ro), împărtășanie (ro), euharistie (ro), grijanie (ro)
• Russian: прича́стие (ru) n (pričástije)
• Spanish: Eucaristía f, Cena del Señor, Santa Cena
• Vietnamese: Lễ ban Thánh Thể, Tiệc Thánh

substances

• Finnish: ehtoollinen (fi)
• German: Eucharistie (de) f
• Irish: corp Chríost m, ^{(please verify)} Eocairist f, Comaoineach f
• Italian: eucaristia (it) f
• Korean: 성체 (seongche)
• Macedonian: причесна f (pričesna), причест f (pričest)
• Polish: eucharystia (pl) f
• Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f
• Spanish: eucaristía (es) f
• Vietnamese: Thánh Thể

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} oltáriszentség (hu)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} evharistija (sl) f

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