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单词 transubstantiate
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transubstantiate in British English

(ˌtrænsəbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt)
verb
1. (intransitive) Roman Catholic theology
(of the Eucharistic bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation
2. (transitive)
to change (one substance) into another; transmute
Derived forms
transubstantial (ˌtransubˈstantial)
adjective
transubstantially (ˌtransubˈstantially)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin transsubstantiāre, from Latin trans- + substantia substance

transubstantiate in American English

(ˌtrænsəbˈstænʃiˌeɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌtransubˈstantiˌated or ˌtransubˈstantiˌating
1. 
to change from one substance into another; transmute; transform
2.  Roman CatholicChurch and Eastern ChristianChurch
to cause (bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation
Word origin
< ML(Ec) transubstantiatus, pp. of transubstantiare < L trans-, trans- + substantia, substance

Examples of 'transubstantiate' in a sentence
transubstantiate

Did their part of the sacrament transubstantiate in real as well as metaphorical terms?
Louise Erdrich THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL (2001)
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