Sacrament



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 圣礼, 圣事
• ［英］ n. 圣礼, 圣事 ( any of certain rites instituted by Jesus)
• ［记］ sacra ( 神圣) +ment
• ［同］ 同根词: sacrarium ( 教堂内殿, 圣堂) ;sacrifice ( 献祭, 牺牲)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English sacrement, sacrament, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin sacramentum, from Latin, oath of allegiance, obligation, from sacrare to consecrate
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. a Christian rite (as baptism or the Eucharist) that is believed to have been ordained by Christ and that is held to be a means of divine grace or to be a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality
  • b. a religious rite or observance comparable to a Christian sacrament
• 2. capitalized
  • a. communion 2a
  • b. Blessed Sacrament
• 3. something likened to a religious sacrament <saw voting as a sacrament of democracy>

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