take bread and salt

verb

To practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.

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Meanings

verbtake bread and salt (third-person singular simple present takes bread and salt, present participle taking bread and salt, simple past took bread and salt, past participle taken bread and salt)

present singular third person takes bread and salt · participle present taking bread and salt · past took bread and salt · participle past taken bread and salt

  1. idiomaticobsoleteTo practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.
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APA

take bread and salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20bread%20and%20salt

MLA

“take bread and salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20bread%20and%20salt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take bread and salt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20bread%20and%20salt.

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