a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
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sacrament::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | religious ritual, religious ceremony |
| Has types | confirmation, eucharist, eucharistic liturgy, extreme unction, holy eucharist, holy order, holy sacrament, last rites, liturgy, lord's supper, matrimony, penance, anointing of the sick, sacrament of the eucharist, baptism |
| Derivation | sacramental |
Examples of sacrament
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The views of these men were in line with the Reformed doctrine of the sacrament.
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He and his vice president talk about paying taxes as if it is a holy sacrament.
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The boy received the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick from a Catholic priest.
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Why should he be denied a sacrament when others who break church rules are not?
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The congregation sat at set tables to emphasise the meal aspect of the sacrament.
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In catholic teaching, marriage is a SACRAMENT every bit as worthy as Holy Orders.
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The second-grade students received the sacrament of Reconciliation this month.
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Meanwhile, the churches and synagogues extend the sacrament for those who want it.
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This is the first sacrament which followed immediately on every martimonial union.
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- A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and ...
- (sacramental) of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- A sacrament, as defined in Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion is what Catholics believe to be "a rite in which God is uniquely active." Augustine of Hippo defined a Christian sacrament as "a visible sign of an invisible reality. ...
- Sacrament is the Grammy Award nominated fifth studio album from the American metal band Lamb of God. Released on August 22, 2006, Sacrament debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 charts with first-week sales of 63,000.
- Sacrament was a Christian progressive thrash metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1989. Their music was known for its evangelistic lyrics, and they often played to secular audiences. Sacrament is one of the pioneers of Christian thrash metal. ...
- The Sacraments of the Catholic Church are, the Church teaches, "efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. ...
- The sacraments are viewed as vital ministries in the Community of Christ for both individual and community spiritual development. They are viewed as essential to the mission, identity and message of the denomination, providing a common foundation for religious practice across the world. ...
- In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, most often simply referred to as the sacrament, is the sacrament in which participants partake of bread and drink water in remembrance of the body and blood of Jesus Christ. ...
- A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Roman Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
