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Sacred Species

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Latin: species, appearance)

The bread and wine after the consecration by which they are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ, retaining only the appearances of what they were formerly.

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Entry for 'Sacred Species'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/sacred-species.html. 1910.