English Explanatory Dictionary

receptionism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Anglican doctrine that, during the Eucharist, the bread and wine remain unchanged after consecration, but that communicants receive the body and blood of Christ by faith when they consume the bread and wine.

Word forms

receptionism

Etymology

From reception + -ism.

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