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impanation

Today it means: The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation. Full definition →

Latin impānātiō

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Latin · derived fromimpānātus
Latin · borrowed fromimpānātiō
English todayimpanation

From Latin impānātiō, impānātiōnis, from Latin impānātus, past participle of impānō (“to impanate”), + -tiō, from im- (“in”) + pānis (“bread”). By surface analysis, impanate + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.