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Webster 1913 Edition

Impanation

Im′pa-na′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
impanation
. See
Impanate
,
Adj.
]
(Eccl.)
Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ’s material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; – distinguished from
transubstantiation
, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Impanation

IMPANA'TION

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Noun.
The supposed substantial presence of the body and blood of Christ, with the substance of the bread and wine, after consecration, in the eucharist; a tenet of the Lutheran church; otherwise called consubstantiation.

Definition 2024

impanation

impanation

English

Noun

impanation ‎(uncountable)

  1. (Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.

Synonyms

References

  • impanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

Cognate of French impanation. From Latin impanatus, form of verb impanare (to impanate); from im- ‎(“in”) + panis ‎(“bread”).

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