supersubstantial
adjEtymology From super- + substantial, after Latin supersubstantialis used by Jerome to render Ancient Greek ἐπιούσιος (epioúsios) in the Lord's Prayer. Introduced in English (where ἐπιούσιος is otherwise rendered as "daily") by Thomas More in order to make a connection of the "daily bread" of the Lord's Prayer and the "heavenly and supersubstantial" bread of the eucharist.
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More than substantial, transcending all substance; spiritual.
- That heauenlye and supersubstancyall breadde and cuppe, beyng consecrate with that solemne benediction, is profitable to the lyfe and saluacyon of the whole man.1534, Thomas More, A Treatise on the Passion:
- Give us the supersubstantial bread—the bread of life.1852, John Brown, Discourse & Sayings our Lord, I. iv. 245:
- Derived terms
- supersubstantially