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sacramental wine

sacramental wine

1 6.5
Wine blessed and used in Christian Communion to show Christ's blood
  • noun
  • /ˌsækrəˈmɛntəl waɪn/
translation icon : vino sacramental
  • Many churches use sacramental wine as part of their worship practices during Mass.

Examples

  • The priest poured the sacramental wine into the chalice for the Eucharist ceremony.

  • Sacramental wine, sure, but not peyote.

    Blog text (16)

  • There's a lot of sacramental wine and wafers in there.

    Tag (2018)

  • Unless, of course, you are going to start using the sacrament, halal meat, or sacramental wine, etc., in your dishes to make it trendier.

    Blog text (8)

  • WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING, SOME OF THAT SACRAMENTAL WINE?

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

  • More widespread was the sense that Prohibition was anti-Catholic in intent, especially when some states attempted to proscribe sacramental wine.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Father Bill lifted the goblet filled with sacramental wine during the Communion service.

Synonyms

altar wine
vssacramental wine
6.3

Wine used in a Christian communion service at church

is consecrated and used specifically for those services

How Sacred

sacramental wine
1 6.5
table wine
  • US
1 2.9

Surface Forms

sacramental wine singular
sacramental wines plural

Morphology

sacramental + wine

The meaning 'wine consecrated and used in Communion' is directly derivable from 'sacramental' (pertaining to sacraments) + 'wine' (an alcoholic beverage). This adjective+noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Sacramental wine comes from Christian worship: at Communion a priest blesses ordinary wine and treats it as a holy sign of Christ's blood. That's why sacramental wine means 'wine blessed and used in Communion'.