transubstantiation

English[edit]

transubstantiation (countable and uncountable, plural transubstantiations)

(Roman Catholicism) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are essentially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
- 2020 July 6, Helen Lewis, “How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:
  I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
(by extension) Conversion of one substance into another.

Roman Catholic dogma

conversion of one substance into another

Chinese:
Mandarin: 實體變換／实体变换 (shítǐ biànhuà), 變質／变质 (zh) (biànzhì), 物質的改變／物质的改变 (wùzhì de gǎibiàn)
Finnish: muuntuminen (fi)
Galician: transubstanciación (gl) f
German: Wesensverwandlung f
Greek: μετουσίωση (el) f (metousíosi)
Hungarian: átváltozás (hu), átváltoztatás (hu)
Icelandic: ummyndun f, myndbreyting f
Indonesian: transubstansiasi
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Latin: trānsmūtātiō f
Macedonian: пресуштествување n (presuštestvuvanje)
Malay: transubstansi
Maori: whakaahuakētanga
Romanian: transsubstanțiere (ro) f, transsubstanțiație
Russian: пресуществление (ru) (presuščestvlenije)
Spanish: transubstanciación (es) f
Turkish: özgeriş, transübsitasyon