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consubstantiation Definition

con·sub·stan·tia·tion (-stan′s̸hē ās̸hən)

noun

the doctrine that the substance of the bread and wine of the Eucharist exists, after consecration, side by side with the substance of the body and blood of Christ but is not changed into it

Etymology: ML(Ec) consubstantiatio < LL(Ec) consubstantiare (see consubstantiate), modeled on transubstantio: see transubstantiation