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oplatek

oplatek noun: a traditional Polish unleavened wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water, usually rectangular in shape and very thin, embossed with Christmas-related religious images.

oplatek: a traditional Polish unleavened wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water, usually rectangular in...
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Noun

oplatek (plural oplateks)

  1. A traditional Polish unleavened wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water, usually rectangular in shape and very thin, embossed with Christmas-related religious images.
    • He would invite different groups to spend an evening with him, share an oplatek wafer, take a little wine and then engage in the earnest lively conversation that the Poles love: the subject, whatever happened to engage their lifework or interests directly.1979, Michael O’Carroll, “Bishop”, in Poland and John Paul II, Dublin: Veritas Publications, →ISBN, page 43
    • Before eating, Polish fathers share oplateks, rice wafers blessed by the priest.1981, Norma Jost Voth, “Christmas Eve”, in Festive Cakes of Christmas: A Treasury of Old Traditions, Recipes, and Lore of the Christmas Season, Scottdale, Pa.; Waterloo, Ont.: Herald Press, →ISBN...

Examples of oplatek in a sentence

  • In Poland, for example, families share special crackers (Oplateks) embossed with the Nativity scene before Christmas Eve dinner.1982, Jo Robinson, Jean Coppock Staeheli, “Christmas Revival”, in Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Warmth...
  • On December 25, 1984, his medicines, even vitamins and an oplatek [Christmas wafer] were taken away from him.1988 June, Herman Schwartz with Mary C. Schwartz, quoting Hutnik, “Appendix II: Reported Beating Incidents and Other Examples of Inhuman...
  • Many Polish families follow the Christmas tradition of breaking an oplatek, a thin wafer made of flour and water. […] Describe the Polish Christmas tradition surrounding the oplatek.1994, Ron Shaw, The Christmas Theme Pack for Middle and Upper Primary, Nuneaton, Warwickshire: Prim-Ed Publishing, published 1997, →ISBN...
  • We looked at Dziadziu who turned to Babcia, holding out his Oplatek to her. […] “Dziekuje,” Babcia said.2006, Bernadetta Swigut Steinschneider, First Star, Weston, Conn., →ISBN:

Forms of oplatek

pluraloplateks
alternative formopłatek

Origin of oplatek

From Polish opłatek.

Questions about oplatek

What does oplatek mean?
Oplatek means a traditional Polish unleavened wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water, usually rectangular in shape and very thin, embossed with Christmas-related religious images.
How do you use oplatek in a sentence?
In Poland, for example, families share special crackers (Oplateks) embossed with the Nativity scene before Christmas Eve dinner.
What part of speech is oplatek?
Oplatek is a noun.
What is the plural of oplatek?
The plural of oplatek is oplateks.

Words near oplatek in the dictionary

  1. opiumists
  2. opiumlike
  3. opiums
  4. OPLA
  5. oplan
  6. oplatek
  7. oplateks
  8. oplax
  9. ople tree
  10. ople trees
  11. oplegnathid

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