Definition of "holy eucharist" []

• A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And therefore the faithful in early times, in the very act of offering up the living sacrifice of themselves, saw in the bread and wine of the holy eucharist an expressive symbol of self-oblation, and a fulfilment of the prophet's words: "From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering.""