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transubstantiation

[tran-suhb-stan-shee-ey-shuhn] / ˌtræn səbˌstæn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /


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Meanwhile, in Germany, Martin Luther had questioned the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, the literal transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The council also affirmed the doctrine of transubstantiation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Simultaneously, he suggests, those gadgets promise something greater, a kind of reverse transubstantiation that will put us in touch with the immaterial “philosophy” of Apple’s co-founder.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2018

Being a toast-and-egg man myself, my day begins with the transubstantiation of bread into its crustaceous cousin, toast.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2016

During these prayers the act of "transubstantiation" takes place.

From The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church by Schoffen, Elizabeth




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