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Holy Bread

Today it means: The consecrated bread used in the Eucharist. Full definition →

Middle English holy brede

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Middle English · inherited fromholy brede
English todayHoly Bread

From Middle English holy brede, holibrede, halibred, equivalent to holy + bread.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.