sacrament

sac·ra·ment  (skr-mnt)

n.

1. Christianity A rite believed to be a means of or visible form of grace, especially:

a. In the Eastern, Roman Catholic, and some other Western Christian churches, any of the traditional seven rites that were instituted by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament and that confer sanctifying grace.

b. In most other Western Christian churches, the two rites, Baptism and the Eucharist, that were instituted by Jesus to confer sanctifying grace.

2. A religious rite similar to a Christian sacrament, as in character or meaning.

3. often Sacrament

a. The Eucharist.

b. The consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread or host.

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[Middle English, from Old French sacrement, from Late Latin sacrmentum, from Latin, oath, from sacrre, to consecrate, from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sacred.]

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sacrament

Noun

1. a symbolic religious ceremony in the Christian Church, such as baptism or communion

2. Holy Communion

3. something regarded as sacred [Latin sacrare to consecrate]

sacramental adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sacrament - 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 religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine matrimony - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" confirmation - a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation holy order - the sacrament of ordination

Translations

sacrament [ˈsækrəmənt] n → sacramento

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sacrament [ˈsækrəmənt] n → sacrement m

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sacrament [ˈsækrəmənt] n → Sakrament nt

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sacrament [ˈsækrəmənt] n → sacramento

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sacrament

n sacrament [ˈsӕkrəmənt]

in the Christian church, a ceremony regarded as especially sacred, eg marriage, or baptism. sakrament سِر مِن أسْرار الكَنيسَه причастие svátost sakramente; helligt ritual das Sakrament θρησκευτικό μυστήριο sacramento sakrament آيين مقدس؛هر يك از هفت آيين مورد اعتقاد مسيحيان sakramentti sacrement טֶקֶס נוֹצרִי संस्कार, परम संस्कार, परम प्रसाद sakrament szentség sakramen sakramenti sacramento 聖礼典 (기독교의) 성례전(聖禮典), 성사(聖事) sakramentas sakraments upacara suci sacrament sakrament sakrament sacramento sacra­ment таинство sviatosť zakrament svečana zakletva sakrament พิธีรับเข้าเป็นคริสตศาสนิกชน vaftiz töreni, Asâi Ruhbanî Ayini (基督教的)聖禮；聖餐 таїнство کلیسا میں ایک خاص مقدس تقریب lễ ban phước （基督教的）圣礼；圣餐

adj sacraˈmental [-ˈmen-]

sakramenteel أسْراري светопричастен svátostný sakramental sakramental καθαγιασμένος sacramental sakramendi- آييني sakramentillinen sacramentel שֶׁל טֶקֶס נוֹצרִי सांस्कारिक sakramentalni szentségi dengan sakramen sakramentis- sacramentale 聖礼典の 성례전의, 성사의 sakramentinis sakramentāls dalam upacara suci sacramenteel sakramental sakramentalny sacramental sacra­­men­tal священный, сакраментальный sviatostný zakramentalen veoma svečan sakramental, sakraments- ที่เกี่ยวกับพิธีรับเข้าเป็นคริสตศาสนิกชน Asâi Ruhbanî Ayinine ait 聖禮的 сакраментальний, священний مقدس کلیسائی تقریب سے متعلق thuộc lễ ban thánh thể 圣礼的