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stercoranists

stercoranists is the plural of stercoranist.

Meaning of stercoranist

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...
    Synonyms:
    stercorarian

Questions about stercoranists

What is stercoranists the plural of?
Stercoranists is the plural of stercoranist.

Words near stercoranists in the dictionary

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

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