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Adessenarian

Adessenarian noun: a believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation; Chiefly applied to certain followers of Martin Luther.

Noun

Adessenarian (plural Adessenarians)

  1. (historical, in plural, rare, controversial) A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation; Chiefly applied to certain followers of Martin Luther.
    • ADESSENARIANS, a sect of Christians, who maintain that Jesus Christ is really present in the eucharist, though not by way of transubstantiation. The adessenarians differ among themselves, some of them holding that the body of Jesus Christ is in the bread;1819, George Gregory, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Including the Latest Improvement and Discovery and the Present States of Every Branch of Human Knowledge
    • The Adessenarians were far from being agreed in reference to the mode in which the real presence existed; some[…]1858, James Gardner, The Faiths of the World, page 29

Forms of Adessenarian

pluralAdessenarians

Origin of Adessenarian

From Latin adesse (“to be present”); ad + esse (“to be”).

Questions about Adessenarian

What does Adessenarian mean?
Adessenarian means a believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation; Chiefly applied to certain followers of Martin Luther.
What part of speech is Adessenarian?
Adessenarian is a noun.
What is the plural of Adessenarian?
The plural of Adessenarian is Adessenarians.

Words near Adessenarian in the dictionary

  1. adermin
  2. ades
  3. adesmy
  4. adespota
  5. adespotic
  6. Adessenarian
  7. Adessenarians
  8. adessive
  9. adessive case
  10. adessive cases
  11. adessively

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