Ca|per|na|ite

Ca|per|na|ite
Ca|per|na|ite «kuh PUR nay yt», noun.
1. an inhabitant of Capernaum, a city in ancient Palestine.
2. a believer in transubstantiation, especially one who, from the words of Jesus in Capernaum, adheres to the doctrine of transubstantiation in its literal form (In the Bible, John 6:53-59).
╂[< Latin Capernaum (< Greek Kapharnaoúm) + -ite1]

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