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verb (used with object), tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ing.
1.
to change from one substance into another; transmute.
2.
Theology. to change (the bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Origin:
1400–50; v. use of late Middle English transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated < Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātus, past participle of trānssubstantiāre. See trans-, substance, -ate1
1400–50; v. use of late Middle English transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated < Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātus, past participle of trānssubstantiāre. See trans-, substance, -ate1
Related forms
tran·sub·stan·tial, adjective
tran·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb
un·tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, adjective
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Transubstantiate
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