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Impanation vs Impalation - What's the difference?

impanation | impalation |

As nouns the difference between impanation and impalation

is that impanation is (christianity) 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 while impalation is impalement.

impanation

English

Noun

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  • (Christianity) 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.

    • Synonyms

    *consubstantiation

    References

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    impalation

    English

    Noun

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  • impalement
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Dennis Lim, title=Death Lives a Fourth Time to Ply His Trade, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In the first film, a woman fixing herself a stiff vodka is felled by a kitchen explosion and a knife in the chest; in the second, an attempt to microwave leftovers, foiled by a stray refrigerator magnet, leads to impalation by fire-escape ladder. }}