Eccl. Hist. Also incorrectly stercorianist. [ad. med.L. stercoranista, irreg. f. L. stercor-, stercus dung: see -IST.] A nickname given to one who holds that the consecrated elements in the Eucharist undergo digestion in, and evacuation from, the body of the recipient.
1686. W. Hopkins, trans. Ratramnus, Dissert. v. (1688), 98. The first I can learn of the Name, is, that Humbertus Bishop of Sylva Candida calls Nicetas Stercoranist.
1721. in Bailey.
1844. Cranmer’s Lord’s Supper, 55, marg. A sect reproved that were called Stercoranists.
1891. Century Dict., Stercorianist.
1893. Rickaby, in Month, May, 28. Delaying his answer to the Stercoranists, as they are called.
