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   sacrament

   /ˈsakrəm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. (in the Christian Church) a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as imparting divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist and (in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches) penance and the anointing of the sick.
   • 2. (in Roman Catholic use) the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread or Host: "he heard Mass and received the sacrament"
   • 3. a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a religious symbol: "they used peyote as a sacrament"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sacrement, from Latin sacramentum ‘solemn oath’ (from sacrare ‘to hallow’, from sacer ‘sacred’), used in Christian Latin as a translation of Greek mustērion ‘mystery’.

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