breaking of bread
Eating together ceremonially
Breaking of bread refers to sharing a meal together, especially in a spirit of fellowship or community.
The phrase carries biblical weight—Jesus broke bread with his disciples—and retains ceremonial overtones in Christian communion.
More broadly, it suggests hospitality and the bonding that happens when people eat together: The conference included breaking of bread between sessions.
- Last SupperFarewell Passover gathering
- communionProfound shared closeness
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- transubstantiationChange of underlying substance
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
Passover · share · peace offering · consecration · table fellowship · love feast · feast · altar · covenant · chalice · common cup · hospitality · open table · generosity · koinonia · fellowship · loaf · unity
- Church Ritesbaptizing, Holy Communion, christening, Lord's Supper, adult baptism
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- sacramentsbaptism, christening, confirmation, communion, matrimony
- Brethrenbrethren, assembly hall, love feast
- EucharistBlessed Sacrament, Holy Communion, Real Presence, communion wafer, communion wine
- liturgical actionsgenuflection, kneeling, standing, sitting, bowing
breaking of breadshunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
excommunication · turning away · ostracism · breaking ties · cold shoulder
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