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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

transubstantiatio

: cf. F.

transsubstantiation

A change into another substance.

(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

Noun.

Change of substance. In the Romish theology, the supposed conversion of the bread and wine in the eucharist, into the body and blood of Christ.