sacramental.

1. Relating to a religious rite understood within its tradition as a sacrament.

2. An object or practice, in traditions such as Catholicism, used to support devotion or preparation for grace but distinct from a sacrament.

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Words that belong together

• sacramental rites
• sacramental wine
• sacramental theology

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The cupboard held sacramental vessels beside a ledger of repairs.

She distinguished the bread's sacramental use from the meal served afterward.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Non-gradable relational adjective. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.