"manducation" meaning in English

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        "The act of eating."
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          "text": "a literal, corporal and oral manducation of the very substance of his flesh and blood",
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        "The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus."
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        "(Christianity) The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus."
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