transubstantiation
    n 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 [syn: transmutation, transubstantiation]

Transubstantiation \Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [LL.
   transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.]
   1. A change into another substance.
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   2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that
      the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body
      and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from
      consubstantiation, and impanation.
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