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showbread

(-bred′)

noun

Judaism the twelve loaves of unleavened bread placed at the altar in the ancient Temple as a token offering every Sabbath by the priests

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noun or shewbread

The 12 loaves of blessed unleavened bread placed in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle every Sabbath by the Hebrew priests of ancient Israel as an offering.

Origin:

Origin: Translation of German Schaubrot (Schau, sight, show + Brot, bread)

Origin: , translation of Greek artoi enōpioi (artoi, pl. of artos, loaf of bread + enōpioi, pl. of enōpios, facing)

Origin: , translation of Hebrew leḥem pānîm (leḥem, bread + pānîm, divine presence)

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