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Transubstantiation

Transubstantiation Meaning & Definition
Transubstantiation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Transubstantiation?

[n] an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
[n] the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

Synonyms | Synonyms for Transubstantiation: transmutation

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See Also | conversion | theological doctrine

Transubstantiation In Webster's Dictionary

\Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [LL. transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.] 1. A change into another substance. 2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

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