Word

sacrament, n.
(sacraments)
freq. cnt. 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> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sacrament

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derivationally related form

sacramental

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hypernym

religious ceremony, religious ritual

hyponym

Holy Eucharist, Eucharist, sacrament of the Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Eucharistic liturgy, Lord's Supper matrimony baptism confirmation penance last rites, anointing of the sick, extreme unction holy order