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transsubstantiation

transsubstantiation is the misspelling of transubstantiation.

Meaning of transubstantiation

Noun

transubstantiation (countable and uncountable, plural transubstantiations)

  1. The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
    • I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”2020 July 6, Helen Lewis, “How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort”, in The Atlantic
  2. (broadly) Conversion of one substance into another.

Questions about transsubstantiation

What is transsubstantiation the misspelling of?
Transsubstantiation is the misspelling of transubstantiation.

Words near transsubstantiation in the dictionary

  1. transstenotic
  2. transsternal
  3. transsubclavian
  4. transsubjective
  5. transsubjectivity
  6. transsubstantiation
  7. transsuccinylase
  8. transsulfurate
  9. transsulfurated
  10. transsulfuration
  11. transsulphuration

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