stercoranist

noun

ster·​co·​ra·​nist

-nə̇st

variants or less commonly stercorarian

¦stərkə¦ra(a)rēən

plural -s

often capitalized

: one who holds that the consecrated elements in the Eucharist are subject to natural processes (as of digestion)

Word History

Etymology

stercoranist from Medieval Latin stercoranista, from stercoran- (irregular from Latin stercor-, stercus excrement) + Latin -ista -ist; stercorarian from Latin stercorarius stercoral + English -an

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