intinction

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The Eucharist is given by intinction (the Body of Christ is dipped into the Blood of Christ) and is placed on the tongue by the Bishop, priest, or deacon.

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  1. noun Ecclesiastical The administration of the Eucharist by dipping the host into the wine and thus offering both simultaneously to the communicant.

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  • The Eucharist is given by intinction (the Body of Christ is dipped into the Blood of Christ) and is placed on the tongue by the Bishop, priest, or deacon. —  Deacon's Blog
  • I discussed the Eastern practice (both Catholic and Orthodox) of intinction. —  About.com Catholicism
  • The most interesting discovery I made had to do with intinction. —  don't eat alone
  • Although it's not a practice I follow personally, I wonder how intinction would work with real bread. —  Stand Firm
  • A greater problem than crumbs would be the actual act of intinction, without having the bread fall apart completely. —  Stand Firm
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  1. Late Latin intinctiō, intinctiōn-, a dipping in, from Latin intinctus, past participle of intingere, to dip in : in-, in; see in-2 + tingere, to moisten.

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  1. from Late Latin intinctio (n-), a dipping in, a baptizing, from Latin intingere, intinguere, past participle intinctus, dip in, Late Latin baptize, from Latin in, in, + tingere, past participle tinctus, tinge, dye: see tinge.
 

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/ɪnˈtɪŋkʃən/
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