sacramental

CEFRC1

/sˈækrəməntəl/

adjective

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adjective
Relating to a sacred religious ceremony or sign.
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adjective
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An object (such as holy water or a crucifix) or an action (such as making the sign of the cross) which is regarded as encouraging devotion and thus spiritually aiding the person who uses it.

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The priest used the sacramental wine during the church ceremony.
The altar boys got in trouble after they were caught sampling the sacramental wine instead of just passing it to the priest before communion.
The activities in this strategy immerse the young people in the many sacramentals that are part of the daily, weekly, and seasonal Catholic individual and communal religious expressions.

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But under the twofold pressure of solafideism’s rejection of "good works" for the sake of merit and sola scriptura’s denial of anything not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, sacramentals such as images, relics, blessings, and pilgrimages became the objects of the dissenters' most bitter condemnation and scorn.
1997, James Monti, The king's good servant but God's first
The Sacramentals. Besides the holy sacraments there are things which the Church blesses in order that by the pious use of them the Christian may obtain from God temporal benefits and spiritual health. Now as these things bear a certain resemblance to the sacraments, they are called sacramentals.
1898, Hermann Rolfus, Illustrated explanation of the holy sacraments, page 294
The activities in this strategy immerse the young people in the many sacramentals that are part of the daily, weekly, and seasonal Catholic individual and communal religious expressions.
2000, Michael Theisen, Exploring Catholicism, page 17

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From Old French sacramental, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentālis.