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Adessenarians

Adessenarians is the plural of Adessenarian.

Meaning of Adessenarian

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

Questions about Adessenarians

What is Adessenarians the plural of?
Adessenarians is the plural of Adessenarian.

Words near Adessenarians in the dictionary

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

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