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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

At the same time, the document reflected bishops’ worries that many Catholics don’t know or accept the church’s teachings about the significance of the sacrament, though surveys have given mixed results on that question.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

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

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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