[
UK
/səbstˌænʃɪˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /səbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən, səbˌstæntʃiˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /səbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən, səbˌstæntʃiˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
-
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
How To Use substantiation In A Sentence
- The words of institution effected a transubstantiation by which the bread and wine were converted into the very body and blood of Christ broken and spilled on the cross on Calvary.
- Through transubstantiation, the bread and wine consumed by worshipers become the body and blood of Jesus when a priest, acting on Jesus behalf, speaks the words This is my body and This is my blood over them. Transubstantiation
- She wants to know about writing, wheat, and transubstantiation. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- It leads to some rather thin rationalizations (see transubstantiation), but the goal is always to escape the ‘irrational’ and get into ‘arational’ territory. The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa
- A registrant who claims to be a conscientious objector shall offer information in substantiation of his claim on a Special Form for Conscientious Objector (SSS Form No. 150) which, when filed, shall become a part of his Classification Questionnaire (SSS Form No. 100). EXECUTIVE ORDER 9988
- Here Calvin is opposing Lutheran consubstantiation, which is far closer to the truth than his view. Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
- The doctrine of transubstantiation is based, in part, on the writings of Aristotle and Aquinas, who hold that material bodies are composed of accidents and substance.
- But there's never been any kind of substantiation to that. CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007
- This is known as consubstantiation, signifying that Christ's body and blood are present in, under, and through the elements of bread and wine. Undefined
- Mylanta Night Time Strength: first time a court adopted the FTC principle, for Lanham Act purposes, that lack of substantiation is equivalent to falsity. Archive 2009-06-01