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Corpus Christi

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Corpus Christi1 also the Feast of Corpus Christi
a holy day in the Roman Catholic Church, when the sacrament (=the holy bread eaten at the Eucharist) is carried in procession. Corpus Christi is Latin for "the Body of Christ".
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