"take bread and salt" meaning in All languages combined

See take bread and salt on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: takes bread and salt [present, singular, third-person], taking bread and salt [participle, present], took bread and salt [past], taken bread and salt [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|takes bread and salt|taking bread and salt|took bread and salt|taken bread and salt}} take bread and salt (third-person singular simple present takes bread and salt, present participle taking bread and salt, simple past took bread and salt, past participle taken bread and salt)
  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation. Tags: idiomatic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-take_bread_and_salt-en-verb-tNCdFJNo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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