transubstantiate

[tran-suh b-stan-shee-eyt]

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verb (used with object), tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ing.

to change from one substance into another; transmute.

Theology. to change (the bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Origin of transubstantiate

1400–50; v. use of late Middle English transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated < Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātus, past participle of trānssubstantiāre. See trans-, substance, -ate¹

Related formstran·sub·stan·tial, adjectivetran·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverbun·tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, adjective

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Related Words for transubstantiate

transmute, interchange, transpose, make, modify, transform, metamorphose, remodel, turn, switch, commute, reorganize, transmogrify, apply, download, transfigure, appropriate, translate, alter, revise

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Historical Examples of transubstantiate

The pope can transubstantiate sin into duty, and duty into sin.
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He also speaks of the effect of eating mutton being to "transubstantiate sheep into man."
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British Dictionary definitions for transubstantiate

transubstantiate

verb

(intr) RC theol (of the Eucharistic bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation

(tr) to change (one substance) into another; transmute

Derived Formstransubstantial, adjectivetransubstantially, adverb

Word Origin for transubstantiate

C16: from Medieval Latin transsubstantiāre, from Latin trans- + substantia substance

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