Great Entrance: Meaning and Definition of

Great' En'trance

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— Eastern Ch. Eastern Ch.
  1. the solemn procession in which the unconsecrated Eucharistic elements are carried from the prothesis through the nave of the church and into the bema. Cf. Little Entrance.
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