Sacrament

['sækrəm(ə)nt] or ['sækrəmənt]

Definition

(noun.) 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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Definition

(n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.

(n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.

(n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.

(v. t.) To bind by an oath.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rite, ceremony, solemnity.[2]. [With The prefixed.] Eucharist, Communion, Lord's Supper.

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Definition

n. an holy ordinance instituted by Christ as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace (Baptism and the Lord's Supper—amongst Roman Catholics also Confirmation Penance Holy Orders Matrimony and Extreme Unction): the Lord's Supper specially: an oath of obedience taken by Roman soldiers on enlistment: any solemn obligation: materials used in a sacrament.—v.t. to bind by an oath.—adj. Sacramen′tal belonging to or constituting a sacrament.—ns. Sacramen′talism the attachment of excessive importance to the sacraments: the doctrine that there is in the sacraments themselves a special direct spiritual efficacy to confer grace; Sacramen′talist one who holds this view.—adv. Sacramen′tally.—ns. Sacramentā′rian one who holds a high or extreme view of the efficacy of the sacraments: (obs.) one who rejects the doctrine of the real presence in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; Sacramentā′rianism the holding of extreme views with regard to the efficacy of sacraments.—adj. Sacramen′tary pertaining to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper or to the sacramentarians.—n. a book containing all the prayers and ceremonies used at the celebration of the R.C. sacraments: a sacramentarian.

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