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The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Conversion of one substance into another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: transmutation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conversion
the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: theological doctrine
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth2éh1yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin substantis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin substantia Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin trānsubstantiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin trānsubstantiātiōbor. English transubstantiation Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsubstantiātiō.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
實體轉變 /实体转变
(shítǐ zhuǎnbiàn)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Finnish:
transsubstantiaatio
— Roman Catholic dogma
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French:
transsubstantiation
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Galician:
transubstanciación
— Roman Catholic dogma
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German:
Transsubstantiation
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Hungarian:
transzszubsztanciáció
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Hungarian:
átlényegülés
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Icelandic:
eðlisbreyting
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Icelandic:
gjörbreyting
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Icelandic:
eðlisbreytingarkenningin
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Indonesian:
transubstansiasi
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Italian:
transustanziazione
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Japanese:
聖変化
(seihenka)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Korean:
성변화
(seongbyeonhwa)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Latin:
trānsubstantiātiō
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Macedonian:
пресуштествување
(presuštestvuvanje)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Norwegian Bokmål:
transsubstansiasjon
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Polish:
transsubstancjacja
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Polish:
przeistoczenie
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Portuguese:
transubstanciação
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Romanian:
transsubstianțiere
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Romanian:
transsubstianțiațiune
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Russian:
пресуществле́ние
(presuščestvlénije)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Spanish:
transubstanciación
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Turkish:
özgeriş
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Turkish:
transübsitasyon
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Ukrainian:
переісто́чення
(pereistóčennja)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Ukrainian:
переосутнення
(pereosutnennja)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Ukrainian:
преосуществління
(preosuščestvlinnja)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Ukrainian:
транссубстанціація
(transsubstanciacija)
— Roman Catholic dogma
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Chinese Mandarin:
實體變換 /实体变换
(shítǐ biànhuà)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Chinese Mandarin:
變質 /变质
(biànzhì)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Chinese Mandarin:
物質的改變 /物质的改变
(wùzhì de gǎibiàn)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Finnish:
muuntuminen
— conversion of one substance into another
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Galician:
transubstanciación
— conversion of one substance into another
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German:
Wesensverwandlung
— conversion of one substance into another
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Greek:
μετουσίωση
(metousíosi)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Hungarian:
átváltozás
— conversion of one substance into another
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Hungarian:
átváltoztatás
— conversion of one substance into another
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Icelandic:
ummyndun
— conversion of one substance into another
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Icelandic:
myndbreyting
— conversion of one substance into another
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Indonesian:
transubstansiasi
— conversion of one substance into another
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Japanese:
変質
— conversion of one substance into another
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Latin:
trānsmūtātiō
— conversion of one substance into another
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Macedonian:
пресуштествување
(presuštestvuvanje)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Malay:
transubstansi
— conversion of one substance into another
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Māori:
whakaahuakētanga
— conversion of one substance into another
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Romanian:
transsubstanțiere
— conversion of one substance into another
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Romanian:
transsubstanțiație
— conversion of one substance into another
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Russian:
пресуществление
(presuščestvlenije)
— conversion of one substance into another
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Spanish:
transubstanciación
— conversion of one substance into another
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Turkish:
özgeriş
— conversion of one substance into another
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Turkish:
transübsitasyon
— conversion of one substance into another