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transubstantiate
[ tran-suhb-stan-shee-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to change from one substance into another; transmute.
- Theology. to change (the bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
transubstantiate
/ ˌtrænsəbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt /
verb
- intr RC theol (of the Eucharistic bread and wine) to undergo transubstantiation
- tr to change (one substance) into another; transmute
Derived Forms
- ˌtransubˈstantial, adjective
- ˌtransubˈstantially, adverb
Other Words From
- transub·stantial adjective
- transub·stantial·ly adverb
- untran·sub·stanti·ated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of transubstantiate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of transubstantiate1
Example Sentences
This change in Turner’s style may have had something to do with the cataracts he developed after habitually staring into the sun, but he transubstantiated this physical limitation into paintings that depicted eternity.
But maybe, Shin would have us believe, there’s a way to get past the limitations of our perspectives, to subvert our own framing devices via art’s ability to estrange and transubstantiate.
But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value.
It is now an idea that is asked to support and transubstantiate the weight of our time.
But her film transubstantiates the energy of that live show into something entirely different.
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