tran|sub|stan|ti|a|tion

tran|sub|stan|ti|a|tion
tran|sub|stan|ti|a|tion «TRAN suhb STAN shee- AY shuhn», noun.
1. a changing of one substance into another; transmutation.
2. in Christian theology: a) the changing of the bread and wine of the Euchari into the substance of the body of Christ, only the appearance of the bread and wine remaining. b) the doctrine that this change occurs, held by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches.
[< Medieval Latin transubstantiatio, -onis < transubstantiare to transmute < Latin trāns- over + substantia substance]

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