transubstantiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transubstantiate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for transubstantiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transubstantiate v change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, transubstantiate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transubstantiate \Tran`substan"tiate\, v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See {Substance}.] 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.