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transubstantiate

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tran⋅sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅ate

  [tran-suhb-stan-shee-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -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 ME transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated < ML trānssubstantiātus, ptp. of trānssubstantiāre. See trans-, substance, -ate 1

Related forms:
tran⋅sub⋅stan⋅tial, adjective
tran⋅sub⋅stan⋅tial⋅ly, adverb
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tran·sub·stan·ti·ate   (trān'səb-stān'shē-āt')   
tr.v.   tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ing, tran·sub·stan·ti·ates

  1. To change (one substance) into another; transmute.

  2. Christianity To change the substance of (the Eucharistic bread and wine) into the body and blood of Jesus.


[Medieval Latin trānsubstantiāre, trānsubstantiāt- : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin substantia, substance; see substance.]
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