sac·ra·men·tal
ˌsa-krə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
1
: of, relating to, or having the character of a sacrament
sacramental wine
2
: suggesting a sacrament (as in sacredness)
: an action or object (such as the rosary) of ecclesiastical origin that serves to express or increase devotion
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Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
Many of them walk to Mass from nearby apartments and could be cut off from the sacramental life if OLV is shuttered.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
That standard was tested when the churches in New Mexico and Oregon successfully sued the D.E.A., bolstering the case for the sacramental use of psychedelics.
—Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The priest and the child have spent time alone together, and after one meeting Donald returned to Sister James’s class acting strange, his breath redolent of sacramental wine.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
Many of them walk to Mass from nearby apartments and could be cut off from the sacramental life if OLV is shuttered.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
That standard was tested when the churches in New Mexico and Oregon successfully sued the D.E.A., bolstering the case for the sacramental use of psychedelics.
—Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
The priest and the child have spent time alone together, and after one meeting Donald returned to Sister James’s class acting strange, his breath redolent of sacramental wine.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacramental. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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