manducation

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noun

The act of eating.

OriginLate Latin mandūcātiō →
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Meanings

nounmanducation (countable and uncountable, plural manducations)

plural manducations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of eating.
  2. countableuncountableChristianityThe belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.

    a literal, corporal and oral manducation of the very substance of his flesh and blood

    1590-1600, Richard Hooker, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, volume V.lxvii.9

Origin

  1. Late Latinmandūcātiō
  2. Englishmanducation

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.

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APA

manducation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manducation

MLA

“manducation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manducation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manducation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manducation.

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