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sacrament has definitions from the fields of religion,Christianity
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Finally , it gives sanctity , more than human legitimacy , and even , through super empirical reference , transcendent and supernatural importance to some values ; for_example , marriage as a sacrament , much law-breaking as sinful , occasionally the state as a divine instrument .

Related terms

religious_ceremony penance anointing_of_the_sick Eucharist holy_orders confirmation baptism matrimony

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Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

Sacramento sacramental Saccharum saccharin sacrum scramble saccharine

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