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View synonyms for Lord's table

Lord's table

noun



Lord's table

noun

  1. Holy Communion
  2. another name for altar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lord's table1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

“No one could be more welcoming at the Lord’s table than Everett Quinton,” he said by email.

“We are going to meet for worship this Sunday to celebrate the Lord’s Table together,” reads the statement.

Barbara Hyman, 92, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, the Lord’s Table at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Md., and the American Cancer Society, died Aug. 25 at her home in Rockville, Md. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Edward Hyman.

The discourse seemed to me like a two-edged sword cutting all ways; it afforded me much joy, intermingled with many fears, about my soul; and when it was ended, he gave it out that he intended, the ensuing week, to examine all those who meant to attend the Lord's table.

From Slate

"I had a brother took the black, years ago. Serving boy, clever, but one day he got seen filching pepper from m'lord's table. He liked the taste df it, is all. Just a pinch o' pepper, but Ser Malcolm was a hard man. You get pepper on the Wall?"

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