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Definition of Intinction
1. n. The act of tingeing or dyeing.
Definition of Intinction
1. Noun. The act of steeping or soaking the bread (or 'body' of Christ) in the wine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of the eucharist simultaneously. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) The act of tingeing or dyeing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intinction
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Medical Definition of Intinction
1. 1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. 2. A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together. Origin: L. Intinctio, fr. Intingere to dip in; pref. In- in + tingere to tinge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intinction
Literary usage of Intinction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"Mary, or of a Confessor or other saint, whose soever it may be."1 SECTION V.— Of
the intinction of the Bread. c IN LIKE MANNER.]—That is, in both kinds. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"When intinction for ordinary communions began to prevail in Europe, it seems,
like so many other minor rites, to have been introduced from the Knst through ..."
3. Theological Monthly by Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (1921)
"intinction and the Common Cup. The Rev. Howard K. Bartow in a recent issue of
the Living Church (Episcopal) urged the practise of intinction, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"There is no evidence that a «poon was ever employed in the West during the
prevalence of intinction. So far as I have discovered, the only proof that the ..."
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