lord's supper

Questions about lord's supper

What does lord's supper mean?

lord's supper means "a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for lord's supper?

Close synonyms include Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, sacrament of the Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lord's supper a common word?

lord's supper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.