sacramental
sacramental Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of a religious sacrament, especially the Christian Eucharist.
"The priest poured the sacramental wine into the silver chalice before the congregation."
Bound by a sacred oath or possessing a deeply solemn, inviolable character.
"They treated their mutual promise as a sacramental bond that could never be broken."
• noun
A sacred sign, rite, or blessed object (such as holy water, a rosary, or the sign of the cross) instituted by the church to prepare the faithful to receive grace, though considered distinct from the formal sacraments.
"In Roman Catholic tradition, blessed palms and holy water are revered as sacramentals rather than sacraments."
• Rhymes for sacramental
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French or Late Latin sacramentalis, from Latin sacramentum ('military oath of allegiance', later adopted by Christian writers to mean 'sacred mystery or rite'), from sacrare ('to consecrate').