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Consubstantiation
Pronunciation : Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. An identity or union of substance.
2. (Theol.)
Defn: The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.
Note: This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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