Thesaurus: transubstantiate

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1. v. t. To change into another substance.
2. v. t. To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
3. v. change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
4. v. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
5. 1. To change into another substance. [R.] The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. Donne. 2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
6. To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, intothe flesh and blood of Christ.
7. v. change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ