| 单词 | sacrament |
| 释义 | sacrament (once / 554 pages) n A sacrament is a religious ceremony or rite. Sacraments are important holy events to members of that religion. Different religions recognize different sacraments. If you're a Protestant, you might attend a baptism, yet if you're Roman Catholic, you would include confirmation and matrimony among the various ceremonies you attend. Usually a holy person like a priest or minister needs to perform a sacrament. A less religious definition of this word is to think of a sacrament as something that is sacred or mysterious: a serious baseball fan might think of visiting Fenway Park as a sacrament. WORD FAMILYsacrament: sacramental, sacraments+/sacramental: sacramentally USAGE EXAMPLESThere are 150 Blessed Sacrament nuns scattered across the country and abroad, including 50 in Philadelphia and others in New Orleans, Arizona, Haiti and Jamaica. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) The Rev. Lynn Jostes will preach on “Fearing, Hoping, Trusting,” and the sacraments of Communion and Baptism will be celebrated. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Among my mostly secular group of friends, the ceremonies of marriage and death were the only ritual sacraments left. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) n 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 Hypo|Hyper Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine matrimonythe ceremony or sacrament of marriage baptisma Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth confirmationa sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church penancea Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last ritesa Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation holy orderthe sacrament of ordination affusionthe act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head aspersion, sprinklingthe act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) christeninggiving a Christian name at baptism immersiona form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged confession(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution religious ceremony, religious ritual a ceremony having religious meaning |
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