showbread
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editshowbread (countable and uncountable, plural showbreads)
- (religion) The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
- 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 23:
- There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles.
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
edit- the bread of the Presence
- the continual bread
- the layer bread
- Holy bread
- the bread of presentation