Eŭ'cha-rist, n.

(yū'ka-rist), n. [Gr. εὐχαριστία, a giving of thanks, from εὖ, well, and χάρις, favor, grace, thanks; Lat. eucharistia, Fr. eucharistie.]

1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.
2. (Ecol.) The sacrament of the Lord’s supper; the solemn act or ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

Syn.—See SACRAMENT.