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Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.

Unleavened bread.

One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Unleavened; unfermented. "Azymous bread." Dunglison.

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian]

A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.

ith; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17. He wolde no such cursedness observe. Chaucer. Must I budge Must I observe you Shak. With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovereign will. Milton.

placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [Written also shewbread.] Mark ii. 26.…

Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc. [Obs.] Pask and the feast of therf loaves. Wyclif.

An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.

A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.