Last Supper

noun

: the supper eaten by Jesus and his disciples on the night of his betrayal

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Just released The Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) Part 3 grossed $6 million on 2,296 screens at no. 6. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025 Following the release of The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 1 last weekend, Fathom Events is distributing The Chosen: Last Supper – Part 2, which Deadline projects will earn $7.2 million from 2,313 theaters through Sunday for a No. 2 finish. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 The Chosen: Last Supper with $5M today and $12M for the weekend at 2,234 locations. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025 The Chosen: Last Supper (as Season 5 is titled) will, as Season 4 did, first land in theaters — during Lent beginning Thursday, March 27, and spanning four weeks of screenings. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Nov. 2024 When Is The Chosen Season 5 Coming Out? Season 5 of The Chosen, titled The Chosen: Last Supper, will be released in theaters in the U.S. and Canada starting Thursday, March 27. Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Krit Robinson has designed an ingenious, visually sumptuous and architecturally malleable set—the beautiful initial stage picture reads as a kind of shadowy Last Supper hosted by Madame Blavatsky—but the score doesn’t give us a similar sense of the depth and weirdness of Hilma’s endeavors. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024 Compared to 'Last Supper' Files Complaint After Receiving Death Threats CNN has tried many times to boost its A.M. efforts, and not often successfully. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 The opening ceremony prompted backlash among some conservative Christians who claimed the performance on the river Seine depicted and mocked Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper painting. Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024

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First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Last Supper was in the 13th century

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Last Supper

noun
: the supper eaten by Jesus and his disciples on the night of his betrayal

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