Corpus Christi

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Corpus Christi (Lat., ‘body of Christ’). The Christian feast commemorating the origin of the eucharist. It is celebrated in the W. church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

Corpus Christi

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Corpus Christi a feast of the Western Christian Church commemorating the institution of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. The name is Latin, and means literally, ‘body of Christ’.

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