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名詞

showbread (countable and uncountable, plural showbreads)

1. (religion, historical) The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.

   Synonym: facebread

   • 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 23:

     There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles.

別の表記

• shew bread, shew-bread, shewbread (obsolete)
• show bread

関連する語

• the bread of the Presence
• the continual bread
• the layer bread
• Holy bread
• the bread of presentation