break bread

verb2

1. •
   To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends, family, guests, etc.; to be in fellowship with others by eating with them.

   • The knight swore he would not break bread in the castle again until he received reparation for the insult.
2. •
   To take part in Holy Communion.

   • In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . . After offering prayers of thanksgiving, together we break bread and drink from the cup. — 1979