Sacrament - What does it mean?
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(Islam) The rites in the five pillars of Islam.
* 1978 , Kenneth Cragg, Islam and the Muslim , page 62
* 1992 , Jeffrey J. Coonjohn, Stories from the front, Page 62
(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."
The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
* Jeremy Taylor
The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
* Shakespeare
baptism
* confirmation
* communion, Mass, or Eucharist
* penance
* extreme unction
* holy orders, or ordination
* matrimony
* The Protestant churches list two sacraments:
* baptism
* 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
* (wikipedia "sacrament")
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has no English definition.
As a noun sacrament
is the rites in the five pillars of Islam.sacrament
English
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(en noun)- God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows.
- I'll take the sacrament on 't.