showbread

The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.

Noun

  1. The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
    • There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles. - 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 23:

    Synonyms: facebread

Origin

From show + bread.

Forms

showbreads shew bread shew-bread shewbread show bread

Related

the bread of the Presence the continual bread the layer bread Holy bread the bread of presentation