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stercoranist

Syllables: ster·co·ran·ist/ˈstɜːkəɹənɪst/US/ˈstɝkəɹənɪst/

stercoranist noun: one who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.

Noun

stercoranist (plural stercoranists)

  1. (derogatory, historical) One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.
    • [T]his very thing that Mr. Arnaud [i.e., Antoine Arnauld] believes Amalarius vvas a Stercoraniſt ought to convince him on the contrary that this Author did not believe the change or converſion of the ſubſtance in the Euchariſt.1684, Jean Claude, “Of Other Authors in the Ninth Century, Amalarius, Heribald, Raban, Bertram, and John Scot”, in The Catholick Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages: […], part II, London: […] for...
    • […] Humburtus Biſhop of Silvâ Candida calls Nicetas Stercoraniſt. […] If Cardinal Humbert drevv up Berengarius his Recantation, he vvas the verieſt Stercoraniſt vvho called Stercoraniſt firſt, and Pope Nicolaus the ſecond vvith the vvhole Councel that impoſed that Form of Abjuration upon him, vvere...1686, [Pierre Allix], “That the Treatise Expressly Confutes the Doctrine of Transubstantiation, and is Very Agreeable to the Doctrine of the Church of England”, in Ratramnus, translated by [William...
    Synonyms:
    stercorarian

Synonyms of stercoranist

Forms of stercoranist

pluralstercoranists

Origin of stercoranist

From Medieval Latin stercoranista, from stercor- (“dung, excrement”) + -anista, from root of stercus (“dung, excrement”) + suffixal construction from -ānus (“of, pertaining to”) + -ista (“one who practices or believes”).

Words formed from stercoranist

Questions about stercoranist

What does stercoranist mean?
Stercoranist means one who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.
What part of speech is stercoranist?
Stercoranist is a noun.
How do you pronounce stercoranist?
Stercoranist is pronounced /ˈstɜːkəɹənɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of stercoranist?
The plural of stercoranist is stercoranists.

Words near stercoranist in the dictionary

  1. stercoraceous
  2. stercoral
  3. stercoral pocket
  4. stercoral pockets
  5. stercoranism
  6. stercoranist
  7. stercoranists
  8. stercorarian
  9. stercorarians
  10. stercorarid
  11. stercorarids

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