singing caken.
a. = singing bread n. Obsolete.
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society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun]
fleshc1000
ofleteOE
mannaa1200
breada1225
bread of lifea1300
host1303
bodya1325
obleya1325
God's bodya1387
cakec1390
singing bread1432
bread of wheata1450
singing loaf1530
God's bread1535
bread god?1548
round robin?1548
holy bread1552
singing cake1553
Jack-in-the-box1554
wafer-cake?1554
wafer1559
wafer-bread1565
breaden god1570
mass cake1579
wafer-god1623
hostel1624
maker1635
hostie1641
oblata1721
altar bread1839
prosphora1874
1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 258 A patten with the hoste or singing cake.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliij He hath..deliuered into his handes a Chalice with wine and water, also the gilt Patent with a singing Cake.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1102/2 A cat.., with hir fore feet tied togither, and a round peece of paper like a singing cake betwixt them.
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 342 Vnconsecrated singing cakes (as they terme them).
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > wafer
singing cake1582
wafer1712
1582 A. Munday Eng. Romayne Lyfe sig. B3 These Letters finished, and sealed vp with singing Cake, he delyuered vnto vs.
2. Scottish. A cake given to singers on Hogmanay.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > Hogmanay
hogmanay cake1681
singing cake1894
black bun1898
1894 ‘H. Haliburton’ Furth in Field 28 Money was sometimes added to the ordinary gift of ‘singing’ cakes and cheese.
1894 D. S. Meldrum Margrédel i. 6 I remember that dining at the Oliphant's crowned the joy of singing-cakes and other delights.
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