real presence

1. 1.

   (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist

   Broaderreligious doctrine

   Christianity

Questions about real presence

What does real presence mean?

real presence means "(Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist".

Is real presence a common word?

real presence 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.