sacrament

Example Sentences

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Perhaps he didn’t understand the new Protestant Communion—rather than at an altar, the sacrament now took place over a table covered with a simple cloth—and he was pleading that someone explain it to him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

The sacrament is often associated with end-of-life care, but in the circus, it can also occur in the context of accidents.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Because we have not tasted the sacrament of palm nuts?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver