Lord's Supper

Definitions of Lord's Supper

1. noun

   a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
   synonyms: Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, sacrament of the Eucharist

   type of:

   sacrament

   a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
2. noun

   the traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion
   synonyms: Last Supper

   type of:

   Passover supper, Seder

   (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover