breaking bread
Eating together ceremonially
Breaking bread is sharing a meal with someone, especially in a spirit of friendship or reconciliation.
The phrase carries biblical overtones—Christ broke bread with his disciples—and suggests fellowship beyond mere eating.
After years of feuding, the families finally broke bread together.
The act implies trust and goodwill between those at the table.
- communionProfound shared closeness
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- koinoniaChristian spiritual fellowship
- dinnerPrimary evening meal
potluck dinner · family meal · luncheon · companionship · good company · sharing · manna · table fellowship · open table · supper · fellowship · banquet · peace offering · peace pipe · common ground · converse · gathering · loaf
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- Shared Mealscommunal meal, potluck, feast, banquet, dinner party
- church practicesworship service, Sunday worship, infant baptism, Lord's Supper, communion
- Church Ritesbaptizing, Holy Communion, christening, Lord's Supper, adult baptism
- CommunionHoly Communion, Lord's Supper, Eucharist, sacrament, blood of Christ
- sacramentsbaptism, christening, confirmation, communion, matrimony
breaking breadeating alone
Consuming food unaccompanied
social isolation · exclusion · loneliness · seclusion · shutting out
breaking breadcold shoulder
Intentional dismissive treatment
inhospitality · turning away · rejection · shutting out · unwelcome
breaking breaddeclaring war
Formal announcement of military action
feuding · breaking ties · burning bridges · severing ties · shunning
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