"shew-bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shew-breads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shew-bread (countable and uncountable, plural shew-breads)
  1. Obsolete form of showbread. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: showbread
    Sense id: en-shew-bread-en-noun-hhrtdy3S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "And he ſaid vnto them, Haue ye neuer read what Dauid did, when hee had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How hee went into the houſe of God in the dayes of Abiathar the high Prieſt, and did eate the Shew-bꝛead, which is not lawfull to eate, but foꝛ the Pꝛieſts, and gaue alſo to them which were with him?",
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