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Sacramental - 4 dictionary results

sac⋅ra⋅men⋅tal

[sak-ruh-men-tl]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a sacrament, esp. the sacrament of the Eucharist.
2. powerfully binding: a sacramental obligation.
–noun
3. Roman Catholic Church. an action, as the sign of the cross, a ceremony resembling a sacrament, or a sacred object, regarded as being instituted by the church rather than by Christ and serving as a means of receiving sanctifying grace.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL sacrāmentālis. See sacrament, -al 1


sac⋅ra⋅men⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
sac⋅ra⋅men⋅tal⋅ness, sac⋅ra⋅men⋅tal⋅i⋅ty, noun
sac·ra·men·tal   (sāk'rə-měn'tl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or used in a sacrament.
  2. Consecrated or bound by or as if by a sacrament: a sacramental duty.
  3. Having the force or efficacy of a sacrament.
n.  A rite, act, or sacred object used by some Christian churches in worship.
sac'ra·men'tal·ly adv.

Sacramental

Sac`ra*men"tal\, a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.]

1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.

2. Bound by a sacrament.

The sacramental host of God's elect. --Cowper.

Sacramental

Sac`ra*men"tal\, n. That which relates to a sacrament. --Bp. Morton.
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