sacramental
pronunciation
How to pronounce sacramental in British English:
UK [ˌsækrə'mentl]
How to pronounce sacramental in American English:
US [ˌsækrəˈmɛntl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or involving a sacrament
Word Origin
- sacramental (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French sacramental or directly from Late Latin sacramentalis, from sacramentum (see sacrament). As a noun, "religious practice or object," mid-15c.
Example
- 1. Sign , thing signified , and sacramental relationship .
- 2. A glittering display of silver-gilt sacramental objects has come from king john v 's chapel at s & atilde ; o roque in lisbon , the entire chapel made in rome , blessed by the pope and then shipped to portugal .
- 3. The eucharist refers to the sacramental bread and wine .
- 4. The idea of sacramental union was luther 's response to roman transubstantiation .
- 5. The church combines some teachings of traditional christianity with the sacramental use of the drug peyote .