ˌLast ˈSupper, the

1. in the New Testament of the Bible, the meal eaten by Jesus and his twelve disciples on the evening before he was crucified(crucify). Jesus gave everyone bread and wine, and the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist is based on this meal.

2. a painting of this event, especially the one painted by Leonardo da Vinci from 1495 to 1497, on the wall of a monastery in Milan.

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