Im"pa*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
impanation. See Impanate, a.]
(Eccl.) Embodiment in bread; the supposed real presence
and union of Christ's material body and blood with the substance of
the elements of the eucharist without a change in their nature; --
distinguished from transubstantiation, which supposes a
miraculous change of the substance of the elements. It is akin to
consubstantiation.