Eu"cha*rist (?), n. [L. eucharistia, Gr. , lit., a giving of thanks; + favor, grace, thanks; akin to to rejoice, nd prob. to yearn: cf. F. eucharistie.]
1.
The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving.
[Obs.]
Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs.
South.
2. Eccl.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.
-- See Sacrament.
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