VERB | change | transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ |
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change | transubstantiate, transform, transmute | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
Meaning | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | Christianity, Christian religion | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior |
Broader | transform, transmute, transubstantiate | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
Nouns | transubstantiation | 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 |
Meaning | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "transubstantiate one element into another" | |
Synonyms | transform, transmute | |
Narrower | destalinize, destalinise | counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism |
sorcerize, sorcerise | Transform or change by means of sorcery | |
stalinize, stalinise | Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | |
transubstantiate | change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ | |
work, work on, process | shape, form, or improve a material | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | cambiar, convertir, transformarse, transformar, transmudar, transmutar, trasformar, trasmutar | |
Catalan | convertir, transformar-se, transformar, transmutar | |
Nouns | transubstantiation | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something |
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