Euʹcharist
literally means a thank-offering. Our Lord said, “Do this in remembrance of me”—i.e. out of gratitude to me. The elements of bread and wine in the Lord’s supper. (Greek, eu-charistia.)
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.