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| con·sub·stan·ti·a·tion [ kòn səb stanshee áysh'n ] |
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1. Christian Eucharistic doctrine: the belief of some Christians that the body and blood of Jesus Christ coexist in the bread and wine consecrated at Communion with the natural elements of which the bread and wine are made. This belief is held mainly by High-Church Anglicans.
See also transubstantiation (sense 1)
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2. process in Christian Communion service: the process by which the body and blood of Jesus Christ are believed by some Christians to become present in the bread and wine consecrated at Communion
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