Transubstantiation Definition

trănsəb-stănshē-āshən
noun
The act of transubstantiating; change of one substance into another.
Webster's New World
The doctrine that, in the Eucharist, the bread and wine in their essential reality are changed into the body and blood of Christ, although they continue to look, taste, etc. as they did beforehand.
Webster's New World
This change.
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transubstantiation
Plural:
transubstantiations

Transubstantiation Sentence Examples

  • The transubstantiation doctrine seemed to him full of evil, from its tendency to lead men to overvalue what was sensuous and transitory.

  • He rejected with indignation the miraculous stories told to confirm the doctrine of transubstantiation.

  • He was therefore naturally invited to defend the doctrine of transubstantiation against the attacks of Berengar of Tours.

  • If these aren't implausible enough you can add belief in miracles or the literal transubstantiation of wine into blood.

  • A Bohemian priest, sceptical of the doctrine of transubstantiation, was convinced of its truth by the appearance of drops of blood on the host he was consecrating.

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