transubstantiation

noun

an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

Roots

transtrans- · Latin · across, change substantia-substanti · Latin · substance

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