Sacrament Definition & Meaning

sacrament
noun
  1. a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

"Sacrament" in song lyrics

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  • "Nothing is sacred, everything is for sacrament"
    Sole & The Skyrider Band — Nothing Pt. 2
  • "adoration of the blessed sacrament"
    AOL — AOL
  • "the blessed sacrament"
    AOL — AOL

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