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Webster 1913 Edition


Intinction

In-tinc′tion

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Noun.
[L.
intinctio
, fr.
intingere
to dip in; pref.
in-
in +
tingere
to tinge.]
1.
The act of tingeing or dyeing.
Blount.
2.
(Eccl.)
A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.