REAL PRESENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does real presence mean? 

• REAL PRESENCE (noun)
  The noun REAL PRESENCE has 1 sense:

1. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist

  Familiarity information: REAL PRESENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REAL PRESENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("real presence" is a kind of...):

church doctrine; creed; gospel; religious doctrine (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)

Domain category:

Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)

 Context examples 

I was so filled with the play, and with the past—for it was, in a manner, like a shining transparency, through which I saw my earlier life moving along—that I don't know when the figure of a handsome well-formed young man dressed with a tasteful easy negligence which I have reason to remember very well, became a real presence to me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)