manducation
manducation · manducations
The act of eatingThe act of eating.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of eating.
(countable, uncountable)The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. ComLearned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: manducations| Singular | manducation |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmanducate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable