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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin intinction-, intinctio baptism, from Latin intingere to dip in, from in- + tingere to dip, moisten — more at tinge Date: 1872 the administration of the sacrament of Communion by dipping bread in wine and giving both together to the communicant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Eccl. the dipping of the Eucharistic bread in the wine so that the communicant receives both together. Etymology: LL intinctio f. L intingere intinct- (as IN-(2), TINGE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intinction In*tinc"tion, n. [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.] 1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. --Blount. 2. (Eccl.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.