Cŏn'/sub-stăn'/ti-ā'/tion, n.

(-shī-ā'/shun), n.

1. An identity or union of substance.
2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper;—opposed to transubstantiation.

☞ The Lutherans maintain that, after consecration of the elements, the body and blood of Christ are substantially present with the substance of the bread and wine.