The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manducation
Manducation \Man`du*ca"tion\, n. [L. manducatio: cf. F.
manducation.]
The act of chewing. [R.]
--Jer. Taylor.
Wiktionary
manducation
n. 1 The act of eating. 2 (context Christianity English) The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.