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Definition of eucharist : 1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
2. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

Synonyms:

Eucharistic Liturgy, Holy Sacrament, solemnity, ordinance, Lord's Supper, oblation, sacrament of the Eucharist

ceremony, holiday, evensong, nones, christening, canon, marriage, wedlock, novena, matrimony, remembrance, transubstantiation, convocation, mass, communion, initiation, sacrifice, missal, sacrament, confirmation, rite, baptism, observance, ritual, Siddur, vesper, solemnization, celebration, revival, service, last rites, liturgy

Usage examples:

• If he chooses he can hold services every day; he can celebrate the Holy Eucharist every day or as often as he thinks best, and no one can interfere with him. - "The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia", William James Miller.
• Andrew Black addressed the table at which I sat in my first communion, and said: The Lord's Supper has been named the Eucharist, after the oath taken by a Roman soldier, never to turn his back upon his leader. - "Half a Century", Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm.
• The Eucharist is our daily Bread. - "On Prayer and The Contemplative Life", St. Thomas Aquinas.