Back Lámání chleba Czech Brotbrechen German Fracción del pan Spanish Fraction du pain French Frazione (liturgia) Italian Łamanie chleba Polish Fração do pão Portuguese
The Fraction or fractio panis (Latin for 'breaking of the bread')[1] is the ceremonial act of breaking the consecrated sacramental bread before distribution to communicants during the Eucharistic rite in some Christian denominations.
- ^ James T. Bretzke, Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary (Liturgical Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-81468239-5)