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receptionism

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re⋅cep⋅tion⋅ism

[ri-sep-shuh-niz-uhm]
–noun Theology.
the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.

Origin:
1895–1900; reception + -ism
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