impanation means the actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why “impanation” is a great word
IMPANATION — [Noun] The theological doctrine that the body of Christ is substantially present within the consecrated Eucharistic bread, which retains its own substance. From Medieval Latin impanātiō, impanātiōnis, from Latin im- ("in") + pānis ("bread") + -ātiō ("-ation"). First attested in English 1540–50. Unlike transubstantiation, which annihilates the bread's essence, or consubstantiation, which posits a sacramental union, impanation is a theology of stubborn, simultaneous persistence. It is the dense crumb housing the divine, the warmth of the loaf unaltered on the tongue, the tangible host bearing an infinite guest—a quiet insistence that grace inhabits a thing without consuming it.
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- The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.