transubstantiation Definition
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transubstantiation
noun
- 1. The act or process of changing, or changing something, into something else.
2a. Christianity.
- Especially in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches: the conversion of the Eucharistic bread and wine, after they have been consecrated, into the body and blood of Christ, although there is no outward change in their appearance;
- Especially in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches: the doctrine which states that this happens. Compare consubstantiation.
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