showbread

English

Etymology

show +‎ bread

Noun

showbread (countable and uncountable, plural showbreads)

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

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