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transubstantiating

Variant of transubstantiate

transitive verb transubstantiated, transubstantiating

  1. to change from one substance into another; transmute; transform
  2. R.C.Ch., Eastern Orthodox Ch. to cause (bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation

Origin: < ML(Ec) transubstantiatus, pp. of transubstantiare < L trans-, trans- + substantia, substance

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