sacrament
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French sacrement, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sacrament (plural sacraments)
- (Christianity) A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
- (in particular) The Eucharist.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- A thing which is regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year, "The Faith and Patience of the Saints"
- God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud […] and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year, "The Faith and Patience of the Saints"
- The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- I'll take the sacrament on 't.
TranslationsEdit
sacred act or ceremony
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VerbEdit
sacrament (third-person singular simple present sacraments, present participle sacramenting, simple past and past participle sacramented)
- (transitive) To bind by an oath.
See alsoEdit
- Catholic and Eastern churches have seven sacraments: baptism; confirmation; communion, Mass, or Eucharist; penance; extreme unction (Anointing of the Sick, last rites); holy orders / ordination; and matrimony.
- Protestant churches list two sacraments: baptism and Lord's Supper.
- Eucharistic liturgy
- Holy Eucharist
- Holy Sacrament
- Liturgy
- Lord's Supper
- sacrament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French sacrament, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sacrament n (plural sacramenten)
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DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: sakramen