eulogia means the practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent. It carries an Arena rating of 1425, earned across 35 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, eulogia ranks #423 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #1,346 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,468 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #3,576 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “eulogia” is a great word
EULOGIA — [Noun] The consecrated Eucharist sent to those absent from a religious service, or the liturgical practice of sending it. From Latin eulogia, from Ancient Greek εὐλογῐ́ᾱ (eulogíā, "praise, blessing"). Unlike "eulogy," a formal speech of remembrance, or "antidoron," the merely blessed bread of fellowship, eulogia is a sacramental gesture of inclusion across distance. It is the small, white wafer sealed in a pyx, the deacon's journey through rain-slicked streets, the quiet presence on a sickbed table—a tangible thread of grace proving the faithful are bound not by presence, but by remembrance, making the table larger than the room.
Etymology
From Latin eulogia, from Ancient Greek εὐλογῐ́ᾱ (eulogĭ́ā).
noun
- The practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.e.g.“To Severus he sends "a Campanian loaf from his cell, as a eulogia," together with a boxwood casket, and begs him, as before, by accepting the loaf in the name of the Lord to convert it into a eulogia.” — 1880, Sir William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, volume 1, Eulogiae, page 630:
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