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manducation

manducation noun: the act of eating.

Noun

manducation (countable and uncountable, plural manducations)

  1. The act of eating.
  2. The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.
    • a literal, corporal and oral manducation of the very substance of his flesh and blood1590-1600, Richard Hooker, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, volume V.lxvii.9

Forms of manducation

pluralmanducations

Origin of manducation

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.

Questions about manducation

What does manducation mean?
Manducation means the act of eating.
What part of speech is manducation?
Manducation is a noun.
What is the plural of manducation?
The plural of manducation is manducations.

Words near manducation in the dictionary

  1. manducable
  2. manducate
  3. manducated
  4. manducates
  5. manducating
  6. manducation
  7. manducations
  8. manducator
  9. manducators
  10. manducatory
  11. Mandujano

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