transubstantiator

English

Etymology

Compare French transsubstantiateur.

Noun

transubstantiator (plural transubstantiators)

  1. (theology) One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      Roman Transubstantiators

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “transubstantiator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

trānsubstantiātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of trānsubstantiō
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