bread of life
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the biblical Bread of Life Discourse.[1]
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) Anything which is regarded as a source or inspiration of spiritual nourishment.
- 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Pearl of Orr's Island[1]:
- […] if we could look with the eye of faith, we should see that their living and dying has been bread of life to those they left behind.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, John 6:35: “And Iesus said vnto them, I am the bread of life: hee that commeth to me, shall neuer hunger: and he that beleeueth on me, shall neuer thirst.”