different between leaven vs prosphora

English

Etymology

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French, from Late Latin lev?men, instead of lev?mentum, ultimately from Latin lev? (“I raise”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?l?v.?n/
• Rhymes: -?v?n

Noun

leaven (countable and uncountable, plural leavens)

1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
2. (figuratively) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

   • Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Synonyms

• (any agent used to make dough rise): leavening agent, raising agent

Hypernyms

• (any agent used to make dough rise): agent, substance

Hyponyms

• (any agent used to make dough rise): baking powder, yeast

Derived terms

• leavenless
• natural leaven

Translations

Verb

leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)

1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
   • 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, London: 1756, p. 30,^[1]

     With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he levens also his prayer.

   • 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 7,^[2]

     […] pursue virtue virtuously: leven not good actions, nor render virtues disputable. Stain not fair acts with foul intentions […]

5. To rise or become larger. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Alternative forms

• leven (obsolete)

Derived terms

• leavened
• leavening
• unleavened

Translations

See also

• yeast

West Frisian

Noun

leaven

1. plural of leaf

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (prosphorá, “offering”), from ???? (towards) + ???? (bring)

Noun

prosphora (plural prosphoras)

1. a holy bread; a small loaf of leavened bread, used for communion in Orthodox Church. Usually consists of two layers, symbolizing the dual nature of Christ.

Translations

See also

• antidoron
• eulogia
• host
• wafer