sacrament

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.

Noun

sacrament (plural sacraments)

1. (Christianity) A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Roman Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."

Translations

sacred act or ceremony

• Armenian: խորհուրդ (hy) (xorhurd) 
• Czech: svátost (cs) f
• Danish: sakramente (da)
• Dutch: sacrament (nl) n
• Esperanto: sakramento (eo)
• Finnish: sakramentti (fi)
• French: sacrement (fr) m
• German: Sakrament (de) n
• Greek: μυστήριο (el) (mystírio) n 
• Indonesian: sakramen (id)
• Interlingua: sacramento (ia)

• Italian: sacramento (it) m
• Jèrriais: sacrément m
• Latin: sacrāmentum (la) n
• Macedonian: света тајна (mk) (svéta tájna) f
• Norwegian: sakrament (no) n
• Polish: sakrament (pl) m
• Russian: таинство (ru) (táinstvo) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: sakrament (sh)
• Spanish: sacramento (es) m
• Swahili: komunyo (sw)
• Swedish: sakrament (sv) n

See also

• The Roman Catholic and Eastern churches list seven sacraments:
  1. baptism
  2. confirmation
  3. communion, Mass, or Eucharist
  4. penance
  5. extreme unction
  6. holy orders, or ordination
  7. matrimony
• The Protestant churches list two sacraments:
  1. baptism
  2. Lord's Supper
• anointing of the sick
• Extreme Unction
• eucharist
• Eucharistic liturgy
• Holy Eucharist
• Holy Sacrament
• last rites
• Liturgy
• Lord's Supper
• sacrament of the Eucharist
• Sacrament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Noun

sacrament n (plural sacramenten, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (Christianity) sacrament