Sacramentarian


Sac·ra·men·tar·i·an

S0010600 (săk′rə-mĕn-târ′ē-ən)n.1. One who regards the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist as only the metaphorical, and not the physical, body and blood of Jesus.2. One who emphasizes the importance of sacraments as a means to grace; a sacramentalist.adj.1. Of or relating to Sacramentarians.2. Of or relating to sacramentalism or sacramentalists.
Sac′ra·men·tar′i·an·ism n.

Sacramentarian

(ˌsækrəmɛnˈtɛərɪən) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) any Protestant theologian, such as Zwingli, who maintained that the bread and wine of the Eucharist were the body and blood of Christ only in a figurative sense and denied His real presence in these elements2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) one who believes in sacramentalismadj3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to Sacramentarians4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (not capital) of or relating to sacraments ˌSacramenˈtarianism n

Sac•ra•men•tar•i•an

(ˌsæk rə mɛnˈtɛər i ən)

n. 1. a person who maintains that the Eucharistic elements have only symbolic significance. 2. (l.c.) a sacramentalist. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. [1530–40] Sac`ra•men•tar′i•an•ism, n.