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# sacrament

«sacrament» in Mova's school dictionary: **a holy ceremony in Christian churches, which Christians…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sacrament, sacraments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A sacrament is a holy ceremony in Christian churches, which Christians believe is an outward sign of God's grace (love and help) given to people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#m1)

2) The Blessed Sacrament (Catholic) is the bread blessed at Mass, which Catholics believe is Jesus' body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Catholic and Orthodox churches count seven sacraments: baptism, confirmation, Eucharist (Holy Communion), confession (reconciliation), anointing of the sick, marriage and holy orders. Most Protestant churches count two: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Quakers and the Salvation Army do not hold outward sacraments. Phrases: the seven sacraments, receive a sacrament, the Blessed Sacrament.

### examples

- Baptism is the first sacrament for many Christians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x1)
- Catholics have seven sacraments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x2)
- Marriage is a sacrament in the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x3)
- The priest carried the Blessed Sacrament in procession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x4)
- Our RE teacher explained the sacrament of confirmation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x5)
- Most Protestant churches celebrate two sacraments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x6)
- The next Sunday there was the sacrament, and Karen looked at the black shoes, looked at the red ones--looked at them again, and put on the red shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjective sacramental. Spelling: sacra + ment (one c, one m before -ent). Related to "sacred" (holy).

### In the corpora

- [A sacrament is a church ceremony Christians believe is an outward sign of God's grace.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/6/)
- [Catholics and Orthodox count seven sacraments; most Protestants count two, baptism and communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/7/)
- [Catholics celebrate Mass and have seven sacraments; the word catholic means universal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/7/)
- [Churches differ in leaders, sacraments, baptism, worship style, use of images and how they read the Bible.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sacrament» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrament/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.