intinction

views updated May 23 2018

intinction †dipping, infusion XVI; (eccl.) dipping of the bread in the wine at the Eucharist XIX. — late L. intinctiō, -ōn-, f. intingere; see IN-1, TINCTURE.

Intinction

views updated Jun 08 2018

Intinction. A method of administering communion, by dipping the eucharistic bread into the wine.