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Meanings of consecrate wafer in English

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Usage of consecrate wafer in English
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To tremble before a consecrated wafer is spurious reverence.
Sermons Preached at Brighton / Third Series
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The first line is covered with a pendent seal of red wax, the size of a consecrated wafer.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 / 1599-1602 ...
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The room had been profusely sprinkled with holy water, and a chalice containing the consecrated wafer, sat near.
Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
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If the dying man had received the consecrated wafer, the devils were scared at it, and lost their victim.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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At Saint-Eutrope you made a girl die by forcing her to chew a consecrated wafer which you had stolen.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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The lowered horns within an inch of Jarocho, and Fray Joseph Maria running with the consecrated wafer to the doomed man!
Remember the Alamo
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It is related of this canon, that every morning before he went to assist in battering the walls he swallowed a consecrated wafer.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
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"Was our Lord in the pix?" inquired Marjory-meaning, of course, to refer to the consecrated wafer.
Earl Hubert's Daughter / The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of ...
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He would think it madness to declare open hostilities against rivals whom he might stab in a friendly embrace, or poison in a consecrated wafer.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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(3) From 1923 onward, Therese has abstained completely from food and drink, except for the daily swallowing of one small consecrated wafer.
Autobiography of a Yogi