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transubstantiationalist

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tran·sub·stan·ti·a·tion   (trān'səb-stān'shē-ā'shən)   
n.  
  1. Conversion of one substance into another.

  2. In many Christian churches, the doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus, although their appearances remain the same.

tran'sub·stan'ti·a'tion·al·ist n.
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