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Precious Blood

Precious Blood proper noun: the blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.

Proper noun

the Precious Blood

  1. The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.
    • As the month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so the present month is dedicated to the Precious Blood.1885, “The Precious Blood”, in Franciscan Annals, volume 9, number 103, page 193
    • This was almost a parody of the procession conducted by Henry III when he took the Precious Blood to the raised shrine of Edward the Confessor.2003, Valerie I. J. Flint, “Conversion and Compromise in Thirteenth-Century England”, in Kenneth Mills, Anthony Grafton, editors, Conversion: Old Worlds and New, →ISBN, page 19

Origin of Precious Blood

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin pretiōsus sanguis.

Questions about Precious Blood

What does Precious Blood mean?
Precious Blood means the blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist.
What part of speech is Precious Blood?
Precious Blood is a proper noun.

Words near Precious Blood in the dictionary

  1. precingulids
  2. precingulum
  3. preciosities
  4. preciosity
  5. precious
  6. Precious Blood
  7. precious coral
  8. precious few
  9. precious little
  10. precious metal
  11. precious metals

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