consubstantiation

1. 1.

   the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine

   Broadertheological doctrine

Other forms of consubstantiation

plural

consubstantiations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about consubstantiation

What does consubstantiation mean?

consubstantiation means "the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine".

How many syllables are in consubstantiation?

consubstantiation has 7 syllables: con-sub-stan-ti-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is consubstantiation a common word?

consubstantiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.