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sacramentality

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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
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