daily bread

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daily bread

  • /ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/ US, UK

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Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).

noun

  1. uncountable All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life. to earn one's daily bread
  2. broadly, uncountable All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life. I thynke it mete / that euery Chriſten man not only knowe it [the Epistle to the Romans] by rote and with oute the boke / but alſo exerciſe him ſelfe therin euermore continually / as with the dayly brede of the ſoule.

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noun things needed to sustain physical life

Españolpan de cada día, pan cuotidiano, victo
Kiswahiliriziki
Portuguêspão de cada dia
Françaispain quotidien
Deutschtäglich Brot
Ελληνικάεπιούσιος epioúsios
Românăpâine zilnică
Русскийхлеб насу́щный xleb nasúščnyj, пропита́ние propitánije
العربيةرِزْق rizq
עבריתלֶחֶם חֹק léẖem ẖoq

noun things needed to sustain spiritual life

Españolpan de cada día
Françaispain quotidien
Românăpâine zilnică

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@misc{daily_bread_2026,
  title = {daily bread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/daily%20bread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}