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Transubstantiation
/trænz'səbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃᵊn/ (n.)
A Christian doctrine that during Holy Communion, that wafery thing and the horrid sweet sherry is transformed into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, even though it still looks, and tastes, for all the world like bread and wine.