impanation

Etymology

Cognate of French impanation. From Latin impanatus, a form of the verb impanare (“to impanate”); from im- (“in”) + panis (“bread”).

noun

  1. (Christianity) 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.

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