TRANSUBSTANTIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transubstantiation mean? 

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION (noun)
  The noun TRANSUBSTANTIATION has 2 senses:

1. the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

2. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

  Familiarity information: TRANSUBSTANTIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transubstantiation" is a kind of...):

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Derivation:

transubstantiate (change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act that changes the form or character or substance of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

transmutation; transubstantiation

Hypernyms ("transubstantiation" is a kind of...):

conversion (the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another)

Derivation:

transubstantiate (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature)