impanation

English

Etymology

Cognate of French impanation. From Latin impanatus, a form of the verb impanare (“to impanate”); from im- (“in”) + panis (“bread”).

Noun

impanation (uncountable)

  1. (Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.

Synonyms

References
  • impanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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