transubstantiation

英 [ˌtrænsəbˌstænʃi'eɪʃn] 美 [ˌtrænsəbˌstænʃi'eɪʃn]

• n. 变质；变形论；物质的改变；[宗]圣餐的变体

英英释义

Noun:

1. the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist

2. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

近反义词

【近义词】

• transmutation 变化