Imbued with priest-like powers, the government-and only the government-can transubstantiate a simple piece of paper into legal tender.
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Just about everybody in both the entertainment and the technology worlds believes that it is the fate of all media to shed their analog past and transubstantiate into pure data.
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Voters may put an apparent doofus in the White House yet trust that the presidency's sacramental, transformative powers will, so to speak, transubstantiate the doofus.
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Voters may put an apparent doofus in the White House, yet in their awe, may trust that the presidency's sacramental, transformative powers will, so to speak, transubstantiate the doofus.
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Change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
Transform: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
(transubstantiation) transmutation: an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
(Transubstantiation (short story)) Transubstantiation is a short story written by American speculative fiction author Stephen Woodworth. It was originally published on November 27, 2000 at Strange Horizons.
(transubstantiation) (<) HOST, (>) WINE JESUS TRUE~WORK BECOME JESUS 'S (<) BODY, (>) BLOOD.