Last Supper


noun
  1. the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion.: Compare Lord's Supper (def. 1).

  2. a work of art representing this.

  1. The Last Supper, a mural (1495–98) by Leonardo da Vinci.

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How to use Last Supper in a sentence

  • It is to him that we are indebted for all knowledge of the sublime scenes enacted at the Last Supper of the Girondists.

  • Soon after the prisoners were remanded to their cell, a table was spread, and preparations were made for their Last Supper.

  • We were rather late, and p. 268missed the Last Supper, arriving just before the curtain rose on the garden.

    Castellinaria | Henry Festing Jones
  • At Last Supper was finished, and he picked up his serviette from the floor and began to fold it.

    The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  • John's version of the Last Supper is quite different from that of the other three evangelists.

British Dictionary definitions for Last Supper

Last Supper

noun
  1. the Last Supper the meal eaten by Christ with his disciples on the night before his Crucifixion, during which he is believed to have instituted the Eucharist

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