Precious Blood

English Etymology en la-ecc pretiōsus sanguis. Proper noun Precious Blood 1 en Roman Catholicism The blood of Jesus Christ, especially in the form it is believed to take in the consecrated wine of the Eucharist. en 1885 The Precious Blood Franciscan Annals 9 103 193 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uSEQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA193 As the month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and the month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so the present month is dedicated to the Precious Blood. en 2003 Valerie Flint Valerie I. J. Flint Conversion and Compromise in Thirteenth-Century England Kenneth Mills; w:Anthony Grafton Conversion: Old Worlds and New 1580461239 19 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0RcEgyRj8NoC&pg=PA19 This was almost a parody of the procession conducted by Henry III when he took the Precious Blood to the raised shrine of Edward the Confessor. en 2010 w:Elena Maria Vidal Madame Royale: A Novel 9780557560929 253 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=euM8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA253 His palms were anointed with chrism and the oil of catechumens; he alone among laymen could now handle the chalice and drink of the Precious Blood at Mass.