breaking of bread
Example Sentences
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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
"The breaking of bread was a veritable ordinance among the Essenes."
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey
This showed itself in breaking of bread, Holy Communion, and in their united praying, praising, and giving of thanks.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Just, Gustav
