shewbread

See also: shew-bread and shew bread

English

Etymology

shew +‎ bread

Noun

shewbread (countable and uncountable, plural shewbreads)

  1. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the alter in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread.

Alternative forms

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