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Webster 1913 Edition


Stercoranist

Ster′co-ra-nist

,
Noun.
[LL.
stercoranista
, fr. L.
stercus
,
-oris
, dung.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stercoranist

STERCORARIAN

, STERCORANIST,
Noun.
[L., dung.] One in the Romish church who held that the host is liable to digestion.

Definition 2024


stercoranist

stercoranist

English

Noun

stercoranist (plural stercoranists)

  1. (historical, derogatory) One who holds that the consecrated elements in the Eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.