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stercoranist.

One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɜːkəɹənɪst/Received-Pronunciation/ˈstɝkəɹənɪst/General-American
  1. One who believes that the Eucharist undergoes the process of digestion in, and eventually elimination from, the body of the recipient, not just in the empirical accidents of its elements, but as the body and blood of Christ.

    derogatory · historical
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin stercoranista, from stercor- (“dung, excrement”) + -anista, from root of stercus (“dung, excrement”) + suffixal construction from -ānus (“of, pertaining to”) + -ista (“one who practices or believes”).

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