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sacrament

[sak-ruh-muhnt] / ˈsæk rə mənt /


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He had come to sponsor my teenage son Finn as he received the sacrament of Confirmation, a Catholic rite of adolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

He describes a large rustic loaf “held close to the heart,” sliced toward the body in a communal sacrament, representing an elemental and ancient loaf unsullied by ultra-processing or bleached flour.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Catholicism also makes a ceremony of transubstantiating flesh into a sacrament to feed the soul.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

Cancro joins her and Eguino in their outdoor living room, where they talk about the next sacrament the family wants to tackle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

A look of steely determination—and I think parchment, judgment, sacrament, sacrifice.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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