breaking of bread
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"No breaking of bread," said the senior U.S. official.
From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2021
As if to punctuate the turn of events, the Senate hosted a bipartisan luncheon Wednesday, a rare breaking of bread between Republicans and Democrats as leaders try to foster goodwill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2015
They wrote the ritual of a Messianic banquet with breaking of bread and blessing of wine, which Allegro boldly suggests may prefigure the Last Supper and Christian Communion.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers," Acts 2, 42.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Just, Gustav
The travel-document in Acts often refers to the solemn breaking of bread.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
