intinction

[ in-tingk-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. (in a communion service) the act of steeping the bread or wafer in the wine in order to enable the communicant to receive the two elements conjointly.

Origin of intinction

1
1550–60; <Late Latin intinctiōn- (stem of intinctiō ) “a dipping in,” equivalent to intinct(us) (see in-2, tinct) + -iōn- -ion

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intinction

/ (ɪnˈtɪŋkʃən) /


noun
  1. Christianity the practice of dipping the Eucharistic bread into the wine at Holy Communion

Origin of intinction

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C16: from Late Latin intinctiō a dipping in, from Latin intingere to dip in, from tingere to dip

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