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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123713" /> == | |||
<p> a technical name for the act of breaking the bread in the celebration of the holy eucharist. There are three kinds of fraction in use at present; though only the first of them is essential to the sacrament, and can be traced with certainty to the infancy of the Church: </p> <p> (1) a fraction illustrative of the words of institution, and therefore a direct imitation of our Lord's action; </p> <p> (2) purely symbolical fractions after the consecration has been completed; </p> <p> (3) the necessary fraction for the distribution of the bread among the communicants. For the illustration of each of these in the various rituals, see Smith, Dict. | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A portion; a fragment. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; - frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40562" /> == | |||
<p> a technical name for the act of breaking the bread in the celebration of the holy eucharist. There are three kinds of fraction in use at present; though only the first of them is essential to the sacrament, and can be traced with certainty to the infancy of the Church: </p> <p> '''(1)''' a fraction illustrative of the words of institution, and therefore a direct imitation of our Lord's action; </p> <p> '''(2)''' purely symbolical fractions after the consecration has been completed; </p> <p> '''(3)''' the necessary fraction for the distribution of the bread among the communicants. For the illustration of each of these in the various rituals, see Smith, ''Dict. Of Christ. Antiq.'' s.v. </p> | |||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
(2): ( n.) A portion; a fragment.
(3): ( n.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.
(4): ( v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; - frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a technical name for the act of breaking the bread in the celebration of the holy eucharist. There are three kinds of fraction in use at present; though only the first of them is essential to the sacrament, and can be traced with certainty to the infancy of the Church:
(1) a fraction illustrative of the words of institution, and therefore a direct imitation of our Lord's action;
(2) purely symbolical fractions after the consecration has been completed;
(3) the necessary fraction for the distribution of the bread among the communicants. For the illustration of each of these in the various rituals, see Smith, Dict. Of Christ. Antiq. s.v.
