receptionism

[ ri-sep-shuh-niz-uhm ]

nounTheology.
  1. the doctrine that in the communion service the communicant receives the body and blood of Christ but that the bread and wine are not transubstantiated.

Origin of receptionism

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; reception + -ism

Words Nearby receptionism

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