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przeistoczenie

//pʂɛ.is.tɔˈt͡ʂɛ.ɲɛ//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    verbal noun of przeistoczyć
  2. 2.
    transfiguration (major change in appearance or form)
  3. 3.
    transubstantiation (doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist are transformed into the body and blood of Jesus)
  4. 4.
    transubstantiation, consecration (part of the Mass in which transubstantiation occurs)

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

From przeistoczyć + -enie. Originally a calque of Latin trānsubstantiātiō.

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