/in tingk"sheuhn/ , n.
(in a communion service) the act of steeping the bread or wafer in the wine in order to enable the communicant to receive the two elements conjointly.
[ 1550-60; intinction- (s. of intinctio ) a dipping in, equiv. to intinct ( us ) (see IN- 2 , TINT 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]