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    [Verb]  | "tran*sub*stan*ti*ate" | \ ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt \


    1: to effect transubstantiation in (sacramental bread and wine)

    2: to change into another substance : transmute

    3: to undergo transubstantiation


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English transsubstanciaten, from Medieval Latin transubstantiatus, past participle of transubstantiare, from Latin trans- + substantia substance;

    [Verb]  | "transubstantiating" 


    1: to change in form, appearance, or use;


      * e.g., " ... the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood "



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    [Verb]  | "transubstantiate" 


    1: to change in form, appearance, or use;


      * e.g., " ... the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood "



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     [ "Transubstantiation" ]

    1: The conversion of loose teeth (usually deciduous) into money. The underside of a pillow is necessary as a catalyst.

      * e.g.,  ... Little Peggy experienced firsthand the miracle of Transubstantiation. 

     [ "Transubstantiation" ]

    1: In Christianity, The miraculous effect whereby through the blessing and invocation of a priest the bread and wine of the Communion meal become in a mystical sense the true body and blood of Jesus Christ, while still under the guise of bread and wine.

     [ "transubstantiation" ]

    1: A complex theological term applied to the process of the substance of bread and wine becoming the true substance of the body and blood of Christ. Transubstantiation only occurs when a validly ordained priest, in communion with the Holy See (i.e.: Rome) licitly celebrates mass according to the dictates of same.

      * e.g.,  ... Vaildly ordained priest + mass (ie: words of consecration approved by Holy See) + elements of bread and wine = Body and Blood of Christ via. transubstantiation. 

     [ "Transubstantiation" ]

    1: The transformation of bread and wine to the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Done in the ritual of the mass by Christians. In short, illogical bullshit.

      * e.g.,  ... Johnny: "People have been eating Jesus for two thousand years?" 

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