What is "stercoranist"

Stercoranist \Ster"co*ra*nist\, n. [LL. stercoranista, fr. L. stercus, -oris, dung.] (Eccl. Hist.) A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.

n. (context historical derogatory English) One who holds that the consecrated elements in the Eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.