Sacrament Synonyms

săkrə-mənt
Christian rites
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ceremony
  2. liturgy
  3. ritual
  4. holy observance
  5. ceremonial
  6. baptism
  7. communion
  8. confirmation
  9. act of divine worship
  10. covenant
  11. eucharist
  12. mystery
  13. marriage
  14. the-mysteries
  15. matrimony
  16. penance
  17. pledge
  18. sign
  19. symbol
The Eucharist and the bread and wine used in it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. the body and the blood of Christ
  2. holy wafer
  3. the Host
  4. the elements
A sacred symbol or token
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pledge
  2. bond
  3. vow

Words Related to Sacrament

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. oath
  2. promise
  3. sacraments
  4. the-eucharist
  5. the Sacrament
  6. consecration
  7. sacramental
  8. holy-communion
  9. benediction
  10. laying-on-of-hands
  11. bread-and-wine

Sacrament Sentence Examples

  • They wished to administer the sacrament of unction.

  • I knew someone who received that sacrament seven times.

  • He assisted the first efforts of the Reformation at Magdeburg (1524), at Goslar (I 531) and at Einbeck (1534); took an active part in the debates at Schmalkalden (1537), where he defended the use of the sacrament by the unbelieving; and (1539) spoke out strongly against the bigamy of the landgrave of Hesse.

  • Elsewhere he talks of the " sacrament of faith," and " of the Resurrection," and " of human salvation," and " of the Pascha," and " of unction," and " of the body of Christ."

  • The penitentiary system, according to which the priest enforced a code of moral law in the confessional by the sanction of penance - penance which must be performed as a condition of admission to the sacrament of the Eucharist - had been from early times a great instrument in the civilization of the raw Germanic races.

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