"shewbread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shewbreads [plural]
Etymology: From shew + bread. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shew|bread}} shew + bread Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shewbread (countable and uncountable, plural shewbreads)
  1. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the altar in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: shew bread, shew-bread, showbread
    Sense id: en-shewbread-en-noun-mk1YGCLC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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