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sacrament

[sak-ruh-muhnt] / ˈsæk rə mənt /


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L.A. is a city of reinvention, where second chances are a civic sacrament and residents often overlook the flaws of the famous.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

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

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

As a Catholic, she says she does differentiate between the sacrament of marriage and the marriage that is recognized by the government.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The father crossed himself, nodded a scared-rabbit kind of thank you, and hurried out to report the sacrament to his wife.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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