单词 | sacramental |
释义 | sacramental —sacramentally, adv. —sacramentalness, sacramentality, n. /sak'reuh men"tl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a sacrament, esp. the sacrament of the Eucharist. 2. powerfully binding: a sacramental obligation. n. 3. 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. [1350-1400; ME < LL sacramentalis. See SACRAMENT, -AL1] |
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