antidoron

[ ahn-dee-thaw-rawn; English an-tee-dawr-on, -dohr- ]

noun

1. Also called holy bread. Greek Orthodox Church. bread blessed and distributed to the congregation at the end of the liturgy.
2. Eastern Church. eulogia ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of antidoron¹

1840–50; < Late Greek antidôron return gift, equivalent to anti- anti- + dôron gift, derivative of didónai to give

Example Sentences

An enquiry from Heliodora, as to the fate of the little white dog that she had given him as a remembrance, recalled to his mind that luckless emerald which was to have been his return offering or antidoron.

From Project Gutenberg

An enquiry from Heliodora, as to the fate of the little white dog that she had given him as a remembrance, recalled to his mind that luckless emerald which was to have been his return offering or antidoron.

From Project Gutenberg