Definition of leaven

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Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

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Cake :: Cake (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake..
Leavening :: Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) That which leavens or makes light.
Matzoth :: Matzoth (n.) A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.
Unleavened :: Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread..
Showbread :: Showbread (n.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place..
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