Stercoranist

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

  Stercoranist \Ster"co*ra*nist\, n. [LL. stercoranista, fr. L.
     stercus, -oris, dung.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged
     to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist
     undergo the process of digestion in the body of the
     recipient.


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