<P> Breaking bread may refer to but is not limited to: </P> <Ul> <Li> Physically tearing a loaf of bread open, or breaking dry bread apart--traditionally method of separating bread, rather than cutting with a knife </Li> <Li> Metaphorically, having a meal together, or starting a meal </Li> <Li> The Christian Eucharist </Li> <Li> Fractio panis, the practice of breaking the sacramental bread during the Eucharist </Li> <Li> Breaking Bread (TV series) </Li> <Li> Episode 82 of Touched by an Angel </Li> <Li> Breaking bread may refer to sharing </Li> </Ul> <Li> Physically tearing a loaf of bread open, or breaking dry bread apart--traditionally method of separating bread, rather than cutting with a knife </Li> <Li> Metaphorically, having a meal together, or starting a meal </Li>

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