Impanation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impanation \Im"pa*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. impanation. See
     {Impanate}, a.] (Eccl.)
     Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of
     Christ's material body and blood with the substance of the
     elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature;
     -- distinguished from {transubstantiation}, which supposes a


     miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is
     akin to consubstantiation.
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