Found 2 items, similar to transubstantiation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: transubstantiation transubstantiation n 1: the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist 2: an act that changes the form or character or substance of something [syn: transmutation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Transubstantiation Transubstantiation \Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [LL. transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.] 1. A change into another substance. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation. [1913 Webster]