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Webster 1913 Edition


Impanation

Im′pa-na′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
impanation
. See
Impanate
,
Adj.
]
(Eccl.)
Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence and union of Christ’s material body and blood with the substance of the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; – distinguished from
transubstantiation
, which supposes a miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to consubstantiation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impanation

IMPANA'TION

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Noun.
The supposed substantial presence of the body and blood of Christ, with the substance of the bread and wine, after consecration, in the eucharist; a tenet of the Lutheran church; otherwise called consubstantiation.