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theophagy

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theophagy [θɪˈɒfədʒɪ]
n pl -gies
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the sacramental eating of a god
theophagy
the act of eating one’s god, either literally or symbolically. — theophagite, n. — theophagous, adj.
See also: God and Gods
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Here the papal or Catholic carpus is mortally poisoned by consumption of the fantastically transubstantiated corpus Domini and, in turn, infects the true, Reformed corpus ecclesiae (not to mention reipublicae) via perpetuation of this blasphemous anthropophagy or, more precisely, theophagy.
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