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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.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

Intinction

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

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER

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