| 单词 | transubstantiation |
| 释义 | transubstantiation[ tran-suhb-stan-shee-ey-shuhn ] / ˌtræn səbˌstæn ʃiˈeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR transubstantiation ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe changing of one substance into another. Theology. the changing of the elements of the bread and wine, when they are consecrated in the Eucharist, into the body and blood of Christ (a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church). Compare transignification. Origin of transubstantiation1350–1400; Middle English transubstanciacioun<Medieval Latin trānssubstantiātiōn- (stem of trānssubstantiātiō). See transubstantiate, -ion WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH transubstantiationconsubstantiation, transubstantiationWords nearby transubstantiationtranssynaptic degeneration, transthoracic, transthoracic esophagectomy, transthoracic plane, transubstantiate, transubstantiation, transudate, transudation, transude, transuranic, transuranic element Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for transubstantiationtransubstantiation / (ˌtrænsəbˌstænʃɪˈeɪʃən) / noun(esp in Roman Catholic theology)
a substantial change; transmutation Derived forms of transubstantiationtransubstantiationalist, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for transubstantiationtransubstantiation According to the traditional teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, the presence of Jesus in the sacrament of Communion. Through transubstantiation, the bread and wine consumed by worshipers become the body and blood of Jesus when a priest, acting on Jesus' behalf, speaks the words “This is my body” and “This is my blood” over them. notes for transubstantiationTransubstantiation was the focus of a great controversy during the Reformation, because most other groups of Christians (see also Christian) do not maintain this doctrine. They usually hold that the body and blood of Jesus are only symbolically present in the bread and wine or that the bread and wine are the body and blood of Jesus and bread and wine at the same time. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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