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transubstantiating

transubstantiating is the present participle and gerund of transubstantiate.

Meaning of transubstantiate

Verb

transubstantiate (third-person singular simple present transubstantiates, present participle transubstantiating, simple past and past participle transubstantiated)

  1. (transitive) To change one substance into another; to transmute.
  2. (transitive) To change the bread and wine of the Eucharist into the body and blood of Jesus.

Questions about transubstantiating

What is transubstantiating the present participle and gerund of?
Transubstantiating is the present participle and gerund of transubstantiate.

Words near transubstantiating in the dictionary

  1. transubstantial
  2. transubstantially
  3. transubstantiate
  4. transubstantiated
  5. transubstantiates
  6. transubstantiating
  7. transubstantiation
  8. transubstantiational
  9. transubstantiationalist
  10. transubstantiationalists
  11. transubstantiationism

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