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noun
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
noun
- The participation, together, in Holy Communion of people from different denominations
- participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (e.g. Catholic and Orthodox)
- In Roman Catholicism, the theological principle which governs whether it is permissible for a Roman Catholic to partake of the Eucharist in a non-Catholic service, and vice versa
- communion (association) between people or groups
noun
- A service of Holy Communion.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
verb
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- accept as true or valid
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
noun
verb
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
noun
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
verb
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
- administer Communion; in church
- be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
- transfer to another
- transmit information
- transmit thoughts or feelings
- join or connect
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
- (intransitive) To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
noun
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
verb
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
noun
- (Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
- (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
- sharing thoughts and feelings
noun
- a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
- A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
- a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
- information that confirms or verifies
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- A verification that something is true or has happened.
- (law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
noun
- the table in Christian churches where communion is given
- a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
- (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
- A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
- (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
noun
- the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- (Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected.
- (Christianity, historical) A linen or silken cloth anciently used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service.
noun
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
noun
- (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
- a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.
- The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
verb
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
noun
adj
noun
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- (in particular) The Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace, instituted by Jesus Christ.
- (Ancient Rome) The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- (by extension) Anything regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- 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 unction
verb
noun
- A contribution given at a religious service.
- An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
- The act by which something is offered.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
- That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes
- the verbal act of offering
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
noun
noun
- (Christianity) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
- (uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
- (historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
- (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
- (countable, religion) An act of religious worship.
- the worship given to God alone
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the act of admiring strongly
noun
- a service conducted in a house of worship
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
- a place for public (especially Christian) worship
- Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
- (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
- (uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
- (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- (informal) Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
- (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
verb
intj
verb
- attend religious services
- show devotion to (a deity)
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
noun
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
- (informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, by extension, restaurant industry) A restaurant guest, when counting; person.
- (history) Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.
- (Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
- (Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
- (Christianity) The kiss of peace.
- (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function).
noun
- (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
- (architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
- The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
- The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
- (astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
- The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- the event of something being raised upward
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
noun
- (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- plural of anaphor
- (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
noun
- a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
- a place of worship that has its own altar
- (UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
- (especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
- A printing office.
- A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
- (UK) A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
- A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
- A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
adj
verb
verb
- present as an act of worship
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
noun
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
- a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
- a musical setting for a Mass
- (Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
- (music) A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.
name
noun
- (countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
- (uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
- (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
- selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
adj
adv
noun
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
noun
- The participation, together, in Holy Communion of people from different denominations
- participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (e.g. Catholic and Orthodox)
- In Roman Catholicism, the theological principle which governs whether it is permissible for a Roman Catholic to partake of the Eucharist in a non-Catholic service, and vice versa
- communion (association) between people or groups
noun
- A service of Holy Communion.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
noun
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
- (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
- sharing thoughts and feelings
noun
- a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
- A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
- a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
- information that confirms or verifies
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
- A verification that something is true or has happened.
- (law) An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
noun
- the table in Christian churches where communion is given
- a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
- (figurative) Any (real or notional) place where something is worshipped or sacrificed to.
- A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
- (informal) A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
noun
- the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- (Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected.
- (Christianity, historical) A linen or silken cloth anciently used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service.
noun
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
noun
- (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
- a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.
- The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
noun
adj
noun
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- (in particular) The Eucharist.
- (Christianity) A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace, instituted by Jesus Christ.
- (Ancient Rome) The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- (by extension) Anything regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- 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 unction
verb
noun
- A contribution given at a religious service.
- An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
- The act by which something is offered.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
- That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes
- the verbal act of offering
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
noun
noun
- (Christianity) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
- (uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
- (historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
- (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
- (countable, religion) An act of religious worship.
- the worship given to God alone
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the act of admiring strongly
noun
- a service conducted in a house of worship
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
- a place for public (especially Christian) worship
- Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
- (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
- (uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
- (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- (informal) Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
- (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
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intj
noun
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
- (informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, by extension, restaurant industry) A restaurant guest, when counting; person.
- (history) Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.
- (Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
- (Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
- (Christianity) The kiss of peace.
- (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function).
noun
- (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
- (architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
- The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
- The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
- The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
- That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
- (astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
- The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
- The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- the event of something being raised upward
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
noun
- (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
- plural of anaphor
- (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
noun
- a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
- a place of worship that has its own altar
- (UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
- (especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
- A printing office.
- A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
- (UK) A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
- A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
- A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
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verb
noun
- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
- a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
- a musical setting for a Mass
- (Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
- (music) A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.
name
noun
- (countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.
- (uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
- (uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
- (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
- selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
adj
adv
verb
- attend religious services
- show devotion to (a deity)
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
verb
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
- have or give a reception
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
- experience as a reaction
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- accept as true or valid
- register (perceptual input)
- get something; come into possession of
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- regard favorably or with disapproval
- convert into sounds or pictures
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- (American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
- (tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.
- (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
- (law) To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
- (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
- (transitive) To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
- (transitive) To incur (an injury).
- To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
noun
verb
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
noun
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
verb
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
- administer Communion; in church
- be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas
- transfer to another
- transmit information
- transmit thoughts or feelings
- join or connect
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
- (intransitive) To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’].
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
verb
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
verb
- attend religious services
- show devotion to (a deity)
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
verb
- present as an act of worship
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
noun
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
noun
- a service conducted in a house of worship
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church
- a place for public (especially Christian) worship
- Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
- (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
- (uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
- (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
- (countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- (informal) Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.
- (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.