Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The administration of the Eucharist by dipping the host into the wine and thus offering both simultaneously to the communicant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of dyeing.
- noun In the Greek and other Oriental churches, the act of steeping parts of the hosts or consecrated oblates in the chalice, in order thus to communicate the people with both species (of bread and of wine).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of tingeing or dyeing.
- noun (Eccl.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
steeping orsoaking thebread (or 'body' of Christ) in thewine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of theeucharist simultaneously. - noun obsolete The act of
tingeing ordyeing .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, he said, the practice of dipping the wafer, called intinction, may carry a higher risk since fingers are also often dipped into the wine.
The Diocese of Niagara on spreading infectious disease « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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However, he said, the practice of dipping the wafer, called intinction, may carry a higher risk since fingers are also often dipped into the wine.
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The comparison even extends to elevating trivial food regulations – eating pork – over matters of sexual ethics; an Anglican example of this is to forbid intinction while smiling benignly on consensual, supportive sodomy – something Ralph Spence did when bishop of Niagara.
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During the SARS outbreak in Canada, at least one diocese, the Diocese of Niagara Ontario, banned intinction in its churches.
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During the SARS outbreak in Canada, at least one diocese, the Diocese of Niagara Ontario, banned intinction in its churches.
The Diocese of Niagara on spreading infectious disease « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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But the practice of intinction — dipping sacramental bread in wine — posed a bigger threat, it said.
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But the practice of intinction — dipping sacramental bread in wine — posed a bigger threat.
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To this end, they have for some time forbidden intinction at the Eucharist:
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For those who wish still to offer both bread and wine, the Archbishops have recommended use of "personal intinction by the presiding minister" allowing the priest to dip communion wafers in the chalice before handing them out to communicants.
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Given the common misuse of it, forbidding intinction when there is a high risk of infection is actually a legitimate course of action.
The Diocese of Niagara on spreading infectious disease « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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