LAST SUPPER, THE


Meaning of LAST SUPPER, THE in English

ˌLast ˈSupper, the BrE AmE

1 . in the New Testament of the Bible, the meal eaten by Jesus and his twelve ↑ disciple s on the evening before he was crucified(↑ crucify ). Jesus gave everyone bread and wine, and the Christian ceremony of the ↑ Eucharist is based on this meal.

2 . a painting of this event, especially the one painted by ↑ Leonardo da Vinci from 1495 to 1497, on the wall of a ↑ monastery in Milan.

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