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Definition of: transubstantiate
(tran′səb·stan′shē·āt) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
1. To change from one substance into another; transmute; transform.
2. Theol. To change the substance of (the bread and wine of the Eucharist) into the body and blood of Christ. [<Med. L transubstantiatus, pp. of transubstantiare <L trans- over + substantia substance]
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