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Definition of 'transubstantiation'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) transubstantiation
the changing of one substance into another.

2. transubstantiation
(in the Eucharist) the conversion of the whole substance of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, only the appearance of bread and wine remaining.

Definition of 'transubstantiation'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) transubstantiation
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

2. (noun) transmutation, transubstantiation
an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

Definition of 'transubstantiation'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) transubstantiation
a change into another substance

2. (noun) transubstantiation
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

Definitions of 'transubstantiation'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. transubstantiation
the doctrine of Roman Catholics as defined by the Council of Trent, that the bread and wine of the Eucharist is, after consecration by a priest, converted mystically into the body and blood of Christ, and is known as the docrine of the Real Presence.

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