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transˌelemenˈtation
[n. of action from med.L. transelementāre: see above, and quot. 1896.]
The action or process of changing the elements of something.
1550Hooper Serm. Jonas vi. S iij, The transelementacion and alteracion of the breade, no place of y⊇ scripture commaundeth vs to beleue. 1624F. White Repl. Fisher 421 In Transubstantiation the matter is destroyed, and the quantitie and accidents remaine, and in Transelementation the matter remaineth, and the essentiall and accidentall formes are altered. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. xii. ⁋5 The name of Transelementation, which Theophylact did use, seems to approach nearer to signify the propriety of this mysterie, because it signifies a change even of the first elements. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. v. 53 If any one is offended with the new Term Transubstantiation, he will find that the Ancients used the terms Conversion, Transmutation, Transformation, Transelementation. 1855Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Note Q. 223 Through what the transelementation of our nature from mortal to immortal takes place. 1896R. F. Clarke in Month Feb. 207 A conversion (µεταβολὴ), a transmutation (µεταποίησις), a transelementation (µεταστοιχείωσις). |