transubstantiate

transitive verb

To change (one substance) into another; transmute.

transitive verb

To change the substance of (the Eucharistic bread and wine) into the body and blood of Jesus.

To change from one substance to another.

Specifically, in theology, to change from bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ: said of the elements in the eucharist. See transubstantiation.

transitive verb

To change into another substance.

transitive verb

To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

verb

To change one substance into another; to transmute.

verb

To change the bread and wine of the Eucharist into the body and blood of Jesus.

verb

change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

verb

change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ