Showbread

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table. countable, historical, uncountable

    "There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles."

Synonyms

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facebread

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"There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles."

Etymology

From show + bread.

Related phrases

bread of presencebread of presentationcontinual breadholy breadlayer bread

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