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Webster 1913 Edition

Manducation

Manˊdu-ca′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

manducatio

: cf. F.

manducation

.]

The act of chewing.

[R.]

Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Manducation

MANDUCA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of chewing or eating.

Definition 2024

manducation

manducation

English

Noun

manducation ‎(plural manducations)

The act of eating.
(Christianity) The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.

References

"a literal, corporal and oral manducation of the very substance of his flesh and blood", Richard Hooker, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity V.lxvii.9.