consubstantiation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔn.sʌbs.tn̩.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consubstantiation (plural consubstantiations)

1. An identity or union of substance.
2. (Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation, as opposed to transubstantiation.

Translations

an identity or union of substance

• Italian: consustanziazione f

• Manx: co-vree m

the presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament

• Portuguese: consubstanciação f

References

• consubstantiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913