transubstantiate

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

/ ˌtræn səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt /

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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.

Nearby words

transsonic, transsynaptic degeneration, transthoracic, transthoracic esophagectomy, transthoracic plane, transubstantiate, transubstantiation, transudate, transudation, transude, transuranic

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 forms

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

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Examples from the Web for transubstantiate

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