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holy sacrament

/sak-ruh-muhnt/US // ˈsæk rə mənt //UK // (ˈsækrəmənt) //

神圣的圣事,圣事,神圣的圣礼,圣礼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
    • : Also called Holy Sacrament. the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.
    • : the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread.
    • : something regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
    • : a sign, token, or symbol.
    • : an oath; solemn pledge.

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Examples

  • At Sunday services, called sacrament meetings, women also play a lesser role.

  • With few clear answers, the avoidance of ambiguity became a bureaucratic sacrament.

  • Our procession was, however, a more solemn one on the day of Corpus Christi when we carried about the blessed Sacrament.

  • Seventy marble altars, among them an altar of the Holy Sacrament which had been forty years in building, were destroyed.

  • There is among the Catholics another sacrament, which contains the most strange mysteries.

  • Day by day in the camp Mass was celebrated, and the Holy Sacrament given to all who asked and came.

  • Rarely, if ever, has there been a more ghastly profanation of the Holy Sacrament of Regeneration!