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consubstantiation definition

con·sub·stan·tia·tion (-stan′s̸hē ā′s̸hən)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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