Transubstantiation

2 definitions found

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

  Transubstantiation \Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [LL.
     transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.]
     1. A change into another substance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that


        the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body
        and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from
        {consubstantiation}, and {impanation}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transubstantiation
       n 1: the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the
            bread and the wine changes into the substance of the
            body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the
            Eucharist
       2: an act that changes the form or character or substance of
          something [syn: {transmutation}]