Eccl. Hist. [f. med.L. adessenarii (see -AN); f. adesse to be present; a ‘name first framed by Prateolus.’] One who held the real presence of Christ’s body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Adessenarii, called also Impanatores.
1835. J. Robinson, Theol. Dict., s.v., Adessenarians were a branch of the Sacramentarians.
