Noun: manduction
- Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
"Proper manduction aids digestion";
- chew, chewing, mastication
- The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
"the governor took sacramental manduction with the rest of the congregation";
- Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction
Type of: change of state, ritual
Part of: eating, Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, feeding, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist