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Sign in to saveIntinction is the Eucharistic practice of partly dipping the consecrated bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before consumption by the communicant.
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Intinction is the Eucharistic practice of partly dipping the consecrated bread, or host, into the consecrated wine before consumption by the communicant.
==Western Christianity== Intinction is a method of administering Holy Communion in many Western Christian denominations. Its etymology is from the Latin word , meaning a dipping in.
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