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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

He rejected the Catholic Church’s doctrine of transubstantiation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Do you subscribe to this theory of artistic transubstantiation?

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2019

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

Her first parliament repealed the ecclesiastical legislation of Edward’s reign, and convocation formally accepted transubstantiation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various




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