transelement

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ element.

Verb

transelement (third-person singular simple present transelements, present participle transelementing, simple past and past participle transelemented)

1. (obsolete) To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate.
   • 1566-1567, John Jewel, Defence of the Apology

     We are transelemented, or transnatured.

   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     In what manner Christ is there , whether with the bread transelemented or transubstantiation

References

• “transelement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.