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stercoranist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːkəɹənɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈstɝkəɹənɪst/

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noun

Meaning 1

One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, historical

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stercorarian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stercoranista, from stercor- (“dung, excrement”) + -anista, from root of stercus (“dung, excrement”) + suffixal construction from -ānus (“of, pertaining to”) + -ista (“one who practices or believes”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“dung, manure; to soil, sully; to decay”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: stercoraniste — one who believes that the Eucharist undergoes in essence the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient
  • German: Sterkoranist — one who believes that the Eucharist undergoes in essence the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient
  • Latin: stercoranista — one who believes that the Eucharist undergoes in essence the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient