substantiation

[ UK /səbstˌænʃɪˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /səbˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən, səbˌstæntʃiˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
  2. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
    fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
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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
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