Transubstantiate (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The alchemist's ultimate goal was to develop a formula that could transubstantiate base metals into gold.
- Scientists are working on a technology that can transubstantiate plastics into harmless organic compounds.
- The magic of love can transubstantiate even the coldest of hearts into a loving and caring soul.
- The innovative chef was able to transubstantiate simple ingredients into a world-class culinary masterpiece.
- The new manufacturing process can transubstantiate recycled materials into brand-new, high-quality products.
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Meaning 2
Change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- During the consecration, the priest invokes the Holy Spirit to transubstantiate the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.
- In the Roman Catholic understanding of the Eucharist, the priest's words of institution serve to transubstantiate the elements of bread and wine.
- The concept of transubstantiation holds that the substances of the bread and wine are transformed, yet their outward appearances remain unchanged as they transubstantiate into Christ's body and blood.
- The miracle of transubstantiation, where the bread and wine are believed to transubstantiate into the literal body and blood of Christ, is at the heart of Catholic Eucharistic theology.
- The priest, acting in persona Christi, recites the words of institution that transubstantiate the bread and wine into the sacred body and precious blood of Christ.