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Recent Examples of sacramental
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.
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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
The law allows adults ages 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana, a half-ounce of cannabis concentrate and 1 ounce of products such as edibles for recreational, sacramental and other uses.
—Dánica Coto, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
Those who remained on Shelter Island to look for scallops were the hard core, the romantics and the purists, for whom a fallow winter turns the search for scallops into something like a sacramental rite.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
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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
The law allows adults ages 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana, a half-ounce of cannabis concentrate and 1 ounce of products such as edibles for recreational, sacramental and other uses.
—Dánica Coto, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
Those who remained on Shelter Island to look for scallops were the hard core, the romantics and the purists, for whom a fallow winter turns the search for scallops into something like a sacramental rite.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacramental
Adjective
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So, instead, in that film, the music comes to represent something like the divine spirit or these spirits that occupy the film in a way.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Placido is an Italian singer and actress, so she’s used to the divine food found in the region.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Sharia, or Islamic religious law, as interpreted by the government considers conversion from Islam apostasy, a crime punishable by death, according to the U.S. State Department.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The pork dumplings in chili oil are truly a religious experience.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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However, the oil miraculously burned for eight days until new consecrated oil could be found.—
Chris Sims,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 Dec. 2024
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That was the most moving moment of the day for Marie Capucine, 37, a consecrated virgin representing her Parisian parish of Saint Germain des Prés at the reopening.—
THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Dec. 2024
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In the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to produce the Salvator Mundi, a striking ecclesiastical masterpiece in which Jesus is shown blessing humanity with his right hand while holding an orb representing the Earth in his left.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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She has been recognized multiple times for her age, including: Jan. 2, 2022 – Oldest Brazilian ecclesiastical person ever.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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My search has led me to one of my holy grails: Clinique’s Moisture Surge Sheertint Hydrator.—
Melony Forcier,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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One of the holy grails of modern astronomy is finding life on an alien planet.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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The tribe argues it wasn't adequately consulted in the federal planning process, that construction crosses sacred sites and that the pipeline poses a pollution risk to its water supply.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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His verses evoke sacred rivers, fertile grounds and gardens bright with sinuous rills—a lyrical world beyond the inauspicious reality of its start-point.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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During the latter half of the century, the Brazilian Catholic church shifted its approach from one that centered on elites and favored the status quo to one that promoted social justice and ecclesial and political action on behalf of the poor.—
Chayenne Polimédio,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Mar. 2019
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In the case of the Synodal Path reform in Germany, some of the core of the beliefs of the Catholic Church, such as the Church’s divine constitution and ecclesial communion, the Sacraments, and the ministerial Priesthood, are being questioned once again.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
Adjective
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This history highlights how opponents of Trump’s power grab can potentially fight back—and protect one of the most sacrosanct principles embedded in the Constitution.—
Ryan LaRochelle / Made by History,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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The need for these protections is more critical than ever, and the right to seek asylum must remain sacrosanct.—
Amy Pope,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacramental. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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