transelement

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Etymology edit

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transelement (third-person singular simple present transelements, present participle transelementing, simple past and past participle transelemented)

(obsolete) To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate.
- 1566-1567, John Jewel, Defence of the Apology
  We are transelemented, or transnatured.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
  In what manner Christ is there , whether with the bread transelemented or transubstantiation

References edit

“transelement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.