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