Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends.
- v. Christianity To take part in Holy Communion.
WordNet 3.0
- v. have a meal, usually with company
Examples
“And it is a thing to be noted, that Luke saith not, that the disciples were sent to hear Paul preach, but the disciples being come together to break bread upon the first day of the week, that is, to be partakers of the holy communion, at what time the Lord's death was by the preaching of the word shewed (1 Cor. xviii.”
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God.
“The "Didache" (q.v.) written at the close of the first century or early in the second, in IV, xiv, and again in XIV, i, commands an individual confession in the congregation: "In the congregation thou shalt confess thy transgressions"; or again: "On the Lord's Day come together and break bread ... having confessed your transgressions that your sacrifice may be pure.”
““But you will break bread with me, the way we used to?” she asked, ruthlessly dismissing from her mind thoughts of the dead of Pylos.”
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Eating Verbs
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