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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sacramental \Sac`ra*men"tal\, n.
That which relates to a sacrament.
--Bp. Morton.
Sacramental \Sac`ra*men"tal\, a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.]
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.
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Bound by a sacrament.
The sacramental host of God's elect.
--Cowper.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French sacramental or directly from Late Latin sacramentalis, from sacramentum (see sacrament). As a noun, "religious practice or object," mid-15c.
Wiktionary
a. Used in, or relating to, a sacrament. n. (context Christianity chiefly Roman Catholicism English) An object (such as holy water or a crucifix) or an action (such as making the sign of the cross) which is regarded as encouraging devotion and thus spiritually aiding the person who uses it.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or involving a sacrament
Wikipedia
Sacramental may refer to:
- Sacramental, as an adjective means of or pertaining to sacraments
- Sacramentals, in some churches, objects (things or actions) whose supernatural effects, unlike those of a sacrament, depend on the belief of the recipient
Usage examples of "sacramental".
Therefore the sacramental character should be attributed to the Holy Ghost rather than to Christ.
Therefore it seems that the sacramental character should not be attributed specially to Christ.
Therefore it seems that the sacramental character should not be attributed to Christ.
In like manner neither do men produce the sacramental effect, except ministerially, as also stated above.
Therefore, since the sacramental species are accidents, it seems that no substance can be generated from them.
But the sacramental species are accidents, whereas man is not made of accidents, because accident is not a part of substance.
It was very long, made up of rites which however gorgeous, to me were but mummeries, ending in a kind of sacramental feast whereat all of us from Pharaoh down, must touch with our lips a broth compounded from the flesh of the dead Apis, the smell of which broth--for taste it I did not--revolted me.
Just as the one same power of the principal agent is instrumentally in all the instruments that are ordained unto the production of an effect, forasmuch as they are one as being so ordained: so also the one same sacramental power is in both words and things, forasmuch as words and things combine to form one sacrament.
The grace of the virtues and gifts perfects the essence and powers of the soul sufficiently as regards ordinary conduct: but as regards certain special effects which are necessary in a Christian life, sacramental grace is needed.
Further, through the sacrament of order man receives the power of agent in sacramental actions.
Therefore, as the perfect is divided against the imperfect, so sacramental eating, whereby the sacrament only is received without its effect, is divided against spiritual eating, by which one receives the effect of this sacrament, whereby a man is spiritually united with Christ through faith and charity.
But he who eats, receives not only the sacramental species, but likewise Christ Himself Who is under them.
The sacramental character is a thing as regards the exterior sacrament, and a sacrament in regard to the ultimate effect.
Consequently, since the sacred things which are signified by the sacraments, are the spiritual and intelligible goods by means of which man is sanctified, it follows that the sacramental signs consist in sensible things: just as in the Divine Scriptures spiritual things are set before us under the guise of things sensible.
Secondly, sacraments may be considered on the part of man who is sanctified, and who is composed of soul and body: to whom the sacramental remedy is adjusted, since it touches the body through the sensible element, and the soul through faith in the words.