"communion wafer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: communion wafers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} communion wafer (plural communion wafers)
  1. (Christianity) The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (sacramental bread — see also host): بُرْشام (buršām) (Arabic), нафора (nafora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 聖體 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣体 (shèngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖餐餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣餐饼 (shèngcānbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), hostie [feminine] (Czech), bluta (Dalmatian), oblat [common-gender] (Danish), hostie [feminine] (Dutch), ehtoollisleipä (Finnish), öylätti (Finnish), hostie [feminine] (French), oublie [feminine] (French), Hostie [feminine] (German), άγιος άρτος (ágios ártos) [masculine] (Greek), όστια (óstia) [feminine] (Greek), ostya (Hungarian), obláta [feminine] (Icelandic), hosti (Indonesian), abhlann [feminine] (Irish), ostia [feminine] (Italian), hostia [feminine] (Latin), hostija [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), obla(e) [feminine] (Old Irish), hostia [feminine] (Polish), opłatek [masculine] (Polish), hóstia [feminine] (Portuguese), anaforă [feminine] (Romanian), обла́тка (oblátka) [feminine] (Russian), hostija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hostia [feminine] (Spanish), oblat [common-gender] (Swedish), hostija [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), woblatko [Catholic, neuter] (Upper Sorbian), wobłatka [Protestant, feminine] (Upper Sorbian), afrllad [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "word": "обла́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hostija"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hostija"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hostija"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "Catholic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "woblatko"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "Protestant",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wobłatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hostia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oblat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sacramental bread — see also host",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afrllad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "communion wafer"
}

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