transubstantiation
/,trænsəb,stænʃɪ'eɪʃən/
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nounan act that changes the form or character or substance of something
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nounthe Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharisttype of:
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- fourth lateran council the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages; issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation