breadedadj.
/ˈbrɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdəd/ 1. Christian Church. Of the body of Christ: present or embodied within the Eucharistic bread. rare.With reference to the doctrine of impanation (impanation n.). Cf. impanate adj.
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1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 98 God so ordryng it that create al, vsing singulerly that creature of breade not to vnitie it vnto him as he did mannes nature, to be in bread impanate, and breaded as he was in fleshe incarnate.
2016 L. M. Tonstad God & Difference vi. 240 Impanation heightens the drama of the copresence of Christ's divinity, his humanity, and his breaded being as believers digest the ‘breaded Christ’.
2. † a. Of water: mixed with bread. Obsolete. rare.
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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 718 Such..may drinke of breaded water, that is to say, water wherein rye bread hath beene well beaten and laboured.
1873 J. Clarke tr. M.-A. Martin Let. 17 Jan. in St. Thérèse Lisieux Corr. (1988) II. 1200 Tell me how I should feed her, whether breaded water with half milk is suitable?
b. Of food: coated with breadcrumbs; breadcrumbed.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > covered with crumbs
breaded1702
breadcrumbed1876
gratiné1937
gratinéed1980
1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 6 A Dish of breaded Mushrooms baked.
1879 F. S. Bridges Round World in Six Months 27 Veal cutlets plain and breaded.
1957 Independent Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 21 Aug. (Living section) p8/3 (advt.) Maclean's breaded cod, haddock, perch & sole.
2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 July (Final ed.) d4 There are also more than a dozen other pastas from the region on the menu, alongside cured meats, meatballs and breaded chicken cutlets with prosciutto and Parmigiano.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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