| sacrament | | |
| n. (act) | 1. sacrament | 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. |
| ~ religious ceremony, religious ritual | a ceremony having religious meaning. |
| ~ eucharist, eucharistic liturgy, holy eucharist, holy sacrament, liturgy, lord's supper, sacrament of the eucharist | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine. |
| ~ matrimony | the ceremony or sacrament of marriage. |
| ~ baptism | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth.; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" |
| ~ confirmation | a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church. |
| ~ penance | a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. |
| ~ anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites | a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation. |
| ~ holy order | the sacrament of ordination. |
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