Definition of Last supper

1. Noun. The traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.

Exact synonyms: Lord's Supper
Generic synonyms: Passover Supper, Seder

Definition of Last supper

1. Proper noun. (Christianity) The Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death. ¹

2. Noun. An artistic representation of this event. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Last Supper

Lasiocampidae
Lasiohelea
Lasiurus
Lasiurus borealis
Lasix
Laskar Jihad
Last Day
Last Frontier
Last Judgement
Last Judgment
Last Supper
Last Thursdayism
Lastex
Lasthenia
Lasthenia chrysostoma
Lastreopsis
Laszlo Lowestein
Lat.
Latarget
Latarget's nerve
Latarget's vein
Late Egyptian
Late Greek
Late Latin
Late Middle Ages

Literary usage of Last supper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Central panel, last supper ; right, last supper, Philippe de Champaigne, ... Centre, last supper, with disciples seated around a circular table ; right wing ..."

2. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"THE importance of the last supper in the history of Christian doctrine rendered it an early subject in Art. Though it does not appear in the Catacombs, ..."

3. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"The last supper, however, is less frequently treated in later times. It was considered, probably, and with justice, as too distinct and important a subject, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Here he delineates sacred history from the Creation to the last supper. The first "scenes" illustrate the same subject from Genesis him above himself. ..."

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