Meaning of TRANSUBSTANTIATE
| Pronunciation: | | `transub'stanshee`eyt
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- [v] change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
- [v] change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Chris; in Christian dogma
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| | Synonyms: | | transform, transmute |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, destalinise, destalinize, process, sorcerise, sorcerize, stalinise, stalinize, transubstantiate, work, work on | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [LL.
transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to
transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia
substance. See {Substance}.]
1. To change into another substance. [R.]
The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can
convert manna to gall. --Donne.
2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements,
bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
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