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Definition of Kiss of peace
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
Generic synonyms: Greeting, Salutation
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiss Of Peace
Literary usage of Kiss of peace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Kiss OF PEACE.—It is not easy to determine the precise link between the "holy
kiss" and the liturgical "kiss of peace", known in Greek from an early date as ..."
2. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"Henry was then asked to seal the compact with " the kiss of peace," but he declined,
... After some interval, during which tfie kiss of peace was studiously ..."
3. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"They bestowed the holy kiss, the kiss of peace, the brotherly and sisterly kiss,
... kiss of peace ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"After the middle of the second century the kiss of peace has an established ...
Only in Rome and North Africa, the kiss of peace occurred not before the ..."
5. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"Kiss of Peace. The kiss of peace, or holy kiss, originally formed an ... What kind
of sacrifice is that from which men depart without the kiss of peace? ..."
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