broke bread
Ate together peacefully
Broke bread is the past tense of break bread, an expression meaning to share a meal with someone.
The phrase carries connotations of fellowship, hospitality, and sometimes reconciliation, originating from the ancient practice of literally breaking apart a loaf to distribute among diners.
We broke bread with our new neighbors last Sunday.
To break bread with someone suggests more than casual eating—it implies a deliberate act of communion or goodwill.
- communionProfound shared closeness
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- splitSeparation into parts
- diningEating a meal
- dinner tableFurniture for shared meals
banquet · share · eating · Last Supper · loaf · Passover · seder · fellowship · camaraderie · Eucharist · common cup · manna · family dinner · hospitality · reconciliation · potluck · supper club · lunch
broke breadshunned
Persistently avoided socially
excommunicated · poisoned the well · turned away · ostracized · shut the door
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