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  1. manducationnoun

    The act of eating.

  2. manducationnoun

    The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Manducationnoun

    Eating.

    Etymology: manducatio, Latin.

    Manducation is the action of the lower jaw in chewing the food, and preparing it in the mouth before it is received into the stomach. John Quincy.

    As he who is not a holy person does not feed upon Christ it is apparent that our manducation must be spiritual, and therefore so must the food, and consequently it cannot be natural flesh. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Manducationnoun

    the act of chewing

  2. Etymology: [L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of manducation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of manducation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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