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manducations

manducations is the plural of manducation.

Meaning of manducation

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

Questions about manducations

What is manducations the plural of?
Manducations is the plural of manducation.

Words near manducations in the dictionary

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

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