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eucharistize

eucharistize verb: to give thanks to God and remember Christ by communal activity, especially by eating and drinking the bread and wine of the Eucharist; to share in communion. Also the alternative form of Eucharistize.

Verb (1)

eucharistize (third-person singular simple present eucharistizes, present participle eucharistizing, simple past and past participle eucharistized)

  1. (intransitive) To give thanks to God and remember Christ by communal activity, especially by eating and drinking the bread and wine of the Eucharist; to share in communion.
    • To sleep, to eat, to accept interruption, to be concerned, to be patient, to be honest, to be available, to be cheerful, to be humble, to be compassionate, to be, is to “eucharistize."1968, Arthur Anton Vogel, Is the Last Supper finished?: Secular light on a sacred meal, page 87
    • On the Day of the Lord , gather together , break bread and eucharistize , after confessing your sins , so that your offering may be pure .1971, David Ayerst, Arthur Stanley Theodore Fisher, Records of Christianity - Volume 1, page 57

Verb (2) capitalized: Eucharistize

Eucharistize (third-person singular simple present Eucharistizes, present participle Eucharistizing, simple past and past participle Eucharistized)

  1. (transitive) To bless or consecrate in memory of Christ; To prepare as the Eucharist.
    • And are not the Blessings of God the Father conveyed by the Holy Ghost? To Eucharistize or Bless the Elements is, therefore, in other words, to pray for the Descent of the Holy Ghost.1917, William John Sparrow-Simpson, The Prayer of Consecration, page 74
    • The effect of this consecration is to Eucharistize — that is, convert, refashion, transmute — the physical reality of bread and wine into that sacred reality which is the glorified God-Man.1997, Richard Foley, Mary and the Eucharist, page 44

Also used as

eucharistize is also the alternative form of Eucharistize.

Forms of eucharistize

third-person singular presenteucharistizes
present participleeucharistizing
past participleeucharistized
pasteucharistized
third-person singular presentEucharistizes
present participleEucharistizing
past participleEucharistized
pastEucharistized

Origin of eucharistize

From Eucharist + -ize.

Questions about eucharistize

What does eucharistize mean?
Eucharistize means to give thanks to God and remember Christ by communal activity, especially by eating and drinking the bread and wine of the Eucharist; to share in communion.
What part of speech is eucharistize?
Eucharistize is a verb.
What is the past tense of eucharistize?
The past tense of eucharistize is eucharistized.

Words near eucharistize in the dictionary

  1. eucharistically
  2. eucharistise
  3. eucharistised
  4. eucharistises
  5. eucharistising
  6. eucharistize
  7. eucharistized
  8. eucharistizes
  9. eucharistizing
  10. eucharists
  11. eucharitid

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