Holy Sacrament
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- noun
- Formal
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Santo Sacramento
- During the ceremony, the congregation celebrated the Holy Sacrament as a remembrance of the Last Supper.
Examples
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Many people attend Mass to receive the Holy Sacrament and participate in the Eucharist.
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In seven black villages, the members of brotherhoods perform ritual dances on the day of Corpus Christi in honor of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Academic text (1996) -
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
Blog text (22) -
This is still the appropriate way to transport the Holy Sacrament.
Blog text (1) -
The words reminded him of those that usually accompanied taking the Holy Sacrament.
Fiction book (2000) -
Confraternities also grew, particularly those associated with the Rosary and the Holy Sacrament.
Academic text (2018) -
Finally, we attended two masses at the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament at St. Peter's.
Blog text (10) -
Exposition of the Holy Sacrament followed Mass, so a sheet with a lengthy Gregorian chant in Latin was distributed.
Blog text (10) -
During the day, I let him accomplish in me whatever He willed in love and mercy, and then the delight I had taken in the statue of the infant Christ changed into delight in the Holy Sacrament.
Academic text (2007) -
At the church service, the priest consecrated the bread and wine during the Holy Sacrament.
Synonyms
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A Christian church service where people receive bread and wine to remember Jesus
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To take part in a Christian ceremony where people eat blessed bread and drink blessed wine
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A religious ceremony that shows a person's faith and God's blessing
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A Christian service when people bless and eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony when people eat bread and drink wine to remember the Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony that blesses bread and wine to remember the Last Supper
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A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember the meal Jesus had before he died
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A Christian ceremony when people bless and eat bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
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A religious ceremony like baptism or the Eucharist that gives God's blessing
A Christian ceremony where people eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' death and his rising from the dead
A Christian ceremony where bread and wine are blessed and eaten to remember Jesus' Last Supper
An old Christian ceremony where people receive bread and wine
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'holy' (sacred) with 'sacrament' (a religious rite or outward sign of spiritual grace), so its meaning as a sacred Christian rite is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a literal, compositional religious naming pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Holy Sacrament comes from an old church idea that a simple object can become a sign of God's presence in a special ceremony. The word Holy means sacred and Sacrament was used for a 'holy sign', so today Holy Sacrament means the religious ceremony where bread and wine are made holy to remember Jesus.