- plural of sacrament.
sacraments
Example Sentences
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It means a baptised follower is "out of communion" with the Church - meaning they cannot receive the sacraments, for example going to confession, or get married within the Roman Catholic Church.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
A metaphysical reality thick with angels and sacraments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Amid the chirping of birds, she talked about receiving the sacraments there, and celebrating her quinceañera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
I had seen evil, and so I carried the evil within me, and the holy sacraments of confession and the holy eucharist were far away.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
