break bread
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Etymology[edit]
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Verb[edit]
break bread (third-person singular simple present breaks bread, present participle breaking bread, simple past broke bread, past participle broken bread)
- To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Acts, 20:7:
- And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- 1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 63, in John Caldigate:
- At last it was decided that he should take her, reaching the place about the hour of lunch, so that he might again break bread in her father's house.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Acts, 20:7:
- (Christianity) To take part in Holy Communion.
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Translations[edit]
take part in Holy Communion
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