transubstantiation

English

Noun

transubstantiation (countable and uncountable, plural transubstantiations)

  1. Conversion of one substance into another.
  2. (Christianity, in Roman Catholic dogma) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.

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