Intinction

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:30:59

In*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.]

1.

The act of tingeing or dyeing.

Blount.

2. Eccl.

A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.

 

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