in·tinc·tion 
(ĭn-tĭngkshən)
(ĭn-tĭngkshən)n.
Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical
The administration of the Eucharist by dipping the host into the wine and thus offering both simultaneously to the communicant.
[Late Latin intinctiō, intinctiōn-, a dipping in, from Latin intinctus, past participle of intingere, to dip in : in-, in; see IN-2 + tingere, to moisten.]