transubstantiation
pronunciation
How to pronounce transubstantiation in British English:
UK [ˌtrænsəbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce transubstantiation in American English:
US [ˌtrænsəbˌstænʃiˈeʃən]
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- Noun:
- 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
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
Word Origin
- transubstantiation (n.)
- late 14c., "change of one substance to another," from Medieval Latin trans(s)ubstantiationem (nominative trans(s)ubstantio), noun of action from trans(s)ubstantiare "to change from one substance into another," from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + substantiare "to substantiate," from substania "substance" (see substance). Ecclesiastical sense in reference to the Eucharist first recorded 1530s.
Example
- 1. The idea of sacramental union was luther 's response to roman transubstantiation .
- 2. This practice became very controversial because of the concept of " transubstantiation " .
- 3. Distinctively catholic doctrines on the eucharist include the sacrificial nature of the mass and transubstantiation .
- 4. The term transubstantiation was adopted into the phraseology of the church in 1215 , when it was employed by the fourth lateran council .
- 5. The council confirmed transubstantiation , that the substance of bread and wine is changed into the body and blood of christ while the appearance of bread and wine remains .
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