sacrament 的定义
- 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.
sacrament 近义词
rite
更多sacrament例句
- 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!