Impanation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation. uncountable

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breadcommunionconsubstantiationconsubstantiationelementseucharist

Etymology

From Latin impānātiō, impānātiōnis, from Latin impānātus, past participle of impānō (“to impanate”), + -tiō, from im- (“in”) + pānis (“bread”). By surface analysis, impanate + -ion.

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