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transubstantiations

transubstantiations is the plural 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 transubstantiations

What is transubstantiations the plural of?
Transubstantiations is the plural of transubstantiation.

Words near transubstantiations in the dictionary

  1. transubstantiationalist
  2. transubstantiationalists
  3. transubstantiationism
  4. transubstantiationist
  5. transubstantiationists
  6. transubstantiations
  7. transubstantiative
  8. transubstantiator
  9. transubstantiators
  10. transubstantiatory
  11. transudate

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