impanation

[ im-puh-ney-shuhn ]

nounTheology.
  1. the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are in the bread and wine after consecration.

Origin of impanation

1
1540–50; <Medieval Latin impanātiōn- (stem of impanātiō), equivalent to Latin im-im-1 + pan(is) bread + -ātiōn--ation

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impanation

/ (ˌɪmpæˈneɪʃən) /


noun
  1. Christianity the embodiment of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist

Origin of impanation

1
C16: from Medieval Latin impanātiō, from impanātus embodied in bread, from Latin im- (in) + panis bread

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