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单词 transubstantiate
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transubstantiate

[ tran-suhb-stan-shee-eyt ]
/ ˌtræn səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt /
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verb (used with object), tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ing.

to change from one substance into another; transmute.
Theology. to change (the bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Origin of transubstantiate

1400–50; v. use of late Middle English transsubstanciate (adj.) transubstantiated <Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātus, past participle of trānssubstantiāre.See trans-, substance, -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM transubstantiate

tran·sub·stan·tial, adjectivetran·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverbun·tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, adjective

Words nearby transubstantiate

transsonic, transsynaptic degeneration, transthoracic, transthoracic esophagectomy, transthoracic plane, transubstantiate, transubstantiation, transudate, transudation, transude, transuranic
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Example sentences from the Web for transubstantiate

  • He also speaks of the effect of eating mutton being to "transubstantiate sheep into man."

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  • The pope can transubstantiate sin into duty, and duty into sin.

    Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues|John Alberger

British Dictionary definitions for transubstantiate

transubstantiate
/ (ˌtrænsəbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb

(intr) RC theol (of the Eucharistic bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation
(tr) to change (one substance) into another; transmute

Derived forms of transubstantiate

transubstantial, adjectivetransubstantially, adverb

Word Origin for transubstantiate

C16: from Medieval Latin transsubstantiāre, from Latin trans- + substantia substance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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