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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sac•ra•men•tal (sak′rə men′tl),USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a sacrament, esp. the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- powerfully binding:a sacramental obligation.
n. - Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]an action, as the sign of the cross, a ceremony resembling a sacrament, or a sacred object, regarded as being instituted by the church rather than by Christ and serving as a means of receiving sanctifying grace.
- Late Latin sacrāmentālis. See sacrament, -al1
- Middle English 1350–1400
sac′ra•men′tal•ly, adv. sac′ra•men′tal•ness, sac′ra•men•tal′i•ty, n. |