transubstantiate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to change from one substance into another; transmute.
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Theology. to change (the bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
verb
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(intr) RC theol (of the Eucharistic bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation
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(tr) to change (one substance) into another; transmute
Other Word Forms
- transubstantial adjective
- transubstantially adverb
- untransubstantiated adjective
Etymology
Origin of transubstantiate
1400–50; v. use of late Middle English transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated < Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātus, past participle of trānssubstantiāre. See trans-, substance, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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But lower courts cannot transubstantiate dissents into binding precedent through sheer force of repetition.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020
But maybe, Shin would have us believe, there’s a way to get past the limitations of our perspectives, to subvert our own framing devices via art’s ability to estrange and transubstantiate.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020
It is now an idea that is asked to support and transubstantiate the weight of our time.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 5, 2019
In Capri Sun commercials, kids transubstantiate into especially viscous puddles of Capri Sun, in search of more Capri Sun.
From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2017
Who could transubstantiate water into wine, but he that created both these substances, and every year, by a long circuit of the operations of nature, turns it into wine?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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