supper Copy link Outline I. In common sense perh. coena (the principal Roman meal taken in the, or towards, evening)II. The Lord's Supper • supper: I. In common sense perh. coena (the principal Roman meal taken in the, or towards, evening): pass. But for precision it may be necessary to use circuml.: those who dine late mostly do not take s., *qui sero (vespere, vespertino) coenant nihil fere aliud cibi capiunt antequam dormiunt: vespertinus cibus may sometimes serve (R. and A.): they mostly dine about noon and partake of a hearty s., *plerumque meridiano tempore coenant, et se largiter vespertino cibo invitant. II. The Lord's Supper: coena Domini, coena sacra, Calv. Inst. 4, 17: coena Dominica, Vulg. 1 Cor. xi. 10: the term eucharistia is also used by eccl. writers. Phr.: to go to the Lord's s., *ad mensam sacram accedere (Kr.).