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 |
