sacrament

English

Etymology

From Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.

Noun

sacrament (plural sacraments)

1. (Christianity) A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Roman Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."

Translations

sacred act or ceremony

Armenian: խորհուրդ (hy) (xorhurd) Croatian: sakrament (hr) Czech: svátost (cs) f. Danish: sakramente (da) Dutch: sacrament (nl) n. Esperanto: sakramento (eo) Finnish: sakramentti (fi) French: sacrement (fr) m. German: Sakrament (de) n. Greek: μυστήριο (el) (mystírio) n.

Indonesian: sakramen (id) Interlingua: sacramento (ia) Italian: sacramento (it) m. Latin: sacrāmentum (la) n. Macedonian: света тајна (mk) (svéta tájna) f. Norwegian: sakrament (no) n. Polish: sakrament (pl) m. Russian: таинство (ru) (táinstvo) n. Spanish: sacramento (es) m. Swahili: komunyo (sw)

See also

• The Roman Catholic and Eastern churches list seven sacraments:
  1. baptism
  2. confirmation
  3. communion, Mass, or Eucharist
  4. penance
  5. extreme unction
  6. holy orders, or ordination
  7. matrimony
• The Protestant churches list two sacraments:
  1. baptism
  2. Lord's Supper
• anointing of the sick
• Extreme Unction
• eucharist
• Eucharistic liturgy
• Holy Eucharist
• Holy Sacrament
• last rites
• Liturgy
• Lord's Supper
• sacrament of the Eucharist
• Sacrament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Noun

sacrament n. (plural sacramenten, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (Christianity) sacrament