showbread

English

Etymology

show +‎ bread

Noun

showbread (countable and uncountable, plural showbreads)

1. (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

• shew bread
• show bread

Related terms

• the bread of the Presence
• the continual bread
• the layer bread
• Holy bread
• the bread of presentation