'Transubstantiate' definitions:

Definition of 'transubstantiate'

From: WordNet
verb
Change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
verb
Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" [syn: transform, transmute, transubstantiate]

Definition of 'Transubstantiate'

From: GCIDE
  • Transubstantiate \Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.]
  • 1. To change into another substance. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. [1913 Webster]

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