sacrament of the Eucharist

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sacrament of the Eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wineEucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Suppersacrament - 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 unctionOffertory - the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to GodCommunion, Holy Communion, manduction, sacramental manduction - the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"