† transubˈstantiator Obs.
[agent-n. in L. form, from med.L. transubstāntiāre or transubstantiate: see -or. Cf. F. transsubstantiateur (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
One who holds the doctrine of transubstantiation; a transubstantialist.
| a 1555 Ridley Declar. Lord's Supper (1556) 53 b, Some amonge the transubstantiators..walke soe wilely and soe warely betwixte these ij..opinions. 1624 Gataker Transubst. 82 As these Transubstantiators..say that the Bread in the Eucharist looseth its owne nature. a 1626 W. Sclater Exp. Rom. iv. (1650) 143 Our Transubstantiatours..delude the simple, perswading the reall presence of Christs body. 1686 H. More Real Pres. ii. 12 These Transubstantiators have fallen..into that very absurdity, that they seemed so much to abhor from. |
So transubˈstantiatory a. (rare—1), implying or tending to transubstantiation.
| 1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 184 Transubstantiatory rather, is it not? |