sacrament
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | matrimony, |
| definition | : | the ceremony or sacrament of marriage (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | baptism, |
| definition | : | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | confirmation, |
| definition | : | a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | penance, |
| definition | : | a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | holy order, |
| definition | : | the sacrament of ordination (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | sacramental, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or involving a sacrament (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sacramental, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or involving a sacrament (adj.pert) |
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