paneity
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈniː.ɪ.ti/, /pəˈneɪ.ɪ.ti/
Noun
paneity (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being bread.
- May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq.
- Egyptian gard'ners thus are said to
Have set the leeks they after pray'd to;
And Romish bakers praise the deity
They chipp'd while yet in its paneity […]
- Egyptian gard'ners thus are said to
- May 14, 1689, Matthew Prior, epistle to Fleetwood Shephard, Esq.
Usage notes
- Often, but not exclusively, used in the Christian context of transubstantiation.