daily bread
Meaning
- (uncountable) All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
- (broadly, uncountable) All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/
Etymology
Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).
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