A solitary man standing on the hilltop turned slowly from mountain to valley, from sky to field, seeming to eat and drink and breathe—to make a part of him by some paganish transubstantiation—the very day itself.
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Transubstantiation
//tɹænz.səbˈstæn.ʃiˌeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "transubstantiation" (31 found)
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Related words (15)
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12 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 24 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 實體變換 /实体变换 noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- 實體轉變 /实体转变 noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- 物質的改變 /物质的改变 noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- 變質 /变质 noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Finnish
2 entries- muuntuminen noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- transsubstantiaatio noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
French
1 entries- transsubstantiation noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Galician
2 entries- transubstanciación noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transubstanciación noun (conversion of one substance into another)
German
2 entries- Transsubstantiation noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- Wesensverwandlung noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Greek
1 entries- μετουσίωση noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Hungarian
4 entries- transzszubsztanciáció noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- átlényegülés noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- átváltoztatás noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- átváltozás noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Icelandic
4 entries- eðlisbreyting noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- eðlisbreytingarkenningin noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- gjörbreyting noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- myndbreyting noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Indonesian
2 entries- transubstansiasi noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transubstansiasi noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Italian
1 entries- transustanziazione noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Japanese
1 entries- 聖変化 noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Korean
1 entries- 성변화 noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Latin
2 entries- trānsmūtātiō noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- trānsubstantiātiō noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Macedonian
2 entries- пресуштествување noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- пресуштествување noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Malay
1 entries- transubstansi noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Māori
1 entries- whakaahuakētanga noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- transsubstansiasjon noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Polish
2 entries- przeistoczenie noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transsubstancjacja noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Portuguese
1 entries- transubstanciação noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Romanian
4 entries- transsubstanțiație noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- transsubstanțiere noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- transsubstianțiațiune noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transsubstianțiere noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Russian
2 entries- пресуществле́ние noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- пресуществление noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Spanish
2 entries- transubstanciación noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transubstanciación noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Turkish
4 entries- transübsitasyon noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- transübsitasyon noun (conversion of one substance into another)
- özgeriş noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- özgeriş noun (conversion of one substance into another)
Ukrainian
4 entries- переосутнення noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- переісто́чення noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- преосуществління noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
- транссубстанціація noun (Roman Catholic dogma)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
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