transignification

[ tran-sig-nuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

nounTheology.
  1. (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.

Origin of transignification

1
First recorded in 1965–70; tran(s)- + signification

Words Nearby transignification

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