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lord's supper

lord sup·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lawrd suhp-er]
    • /lɔrd ˈsʌp ər/
    • /ˌlɔːdzˈpreər ˈsʌp.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawrd suhp-er]
    • /lɔrd ˈsʌp ər/

Definitions of lord's supper words

  • noun lord's supper the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist. 1
  • abbreviation LORD'S SUPPER Last Supper. 1
  • abbreviation LORD'S SUPPER Last Supper 0
  • noun lord's supper Eucharist 0

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Origin of lord's supper

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

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Parts of speech for Lord's supper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lord's supper popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for lord's supper

noun lord's supper

  • holy communion — communion (def 1).
  • last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
  • communion — Communion with nature or with a person is the feeling that you are sharing thoughts or feelings with them.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).

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