consubstantiation

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔn.sʌbs.tn̩.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consubstantiation (plural consubstantiations)

An identity or union of substance.
(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.

Translations

an identity or union of substance

Italian: consustanziazione f

Manx: co-vree m

the presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament

Portuguese: consubstanciação f

References

consubstantiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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