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sacramentality

sacramentality

1 9.9
The sacred quality of something in a religious ceremony
  • noun
  • /ˌsækrəˈmɛnˌtælɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sacramentalidad
  • And without such a relationship, what is the operative sacramentality of marriage?
  • the sacramentality of marriage
  • authentic sacramentality

Examples

  • Personal faith, therefore, enters into the essence of valid sacramentality as the necessary personal complement in the signification and conferral of grace.

    Academic text (1991)
  • According to the present teaching, the sacramentality of marriage preserves its indissolubility.

    Academic text (2004)
  • A sense of sacramentality in nature does dispose us toward concern for nature.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We believe that a discussion of Incarnation, sacramentality, and particularity is precisely what Catholic theology and the Church need at present.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Faith-filled people will be inspired by the shared thinking of Augustine, Aquinas, and other theologians about the sacramentality of creation so as to value the functional integrity of ecological systems and the biosphere as the best manifestation of God's goodness.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Many people believe that sacramentality is crucial in understanding the deeper meanings of religious rituals.

  • In discussions about faith, sacramentality often highlights the connection between everyday life and spiritual experiences.

  • The concept of sacramentality teaches us to see sacredness in ordinary moments and relationships.

Synonyms

sacredness
vssacramentality
5 5.8

A quality that makes people treat something with deep religious respect

focuses on relation to ritual or symbolic religious function
sacrality
vssacramentality
  • Formal
9.9

Being holy or very important in a religion

relates specifically to having a ritual or symbolic religious function

How Sacramental

sacramentality
  • Specialized
1 9.9
secularity
1 7.2

Surface Forms

sacramentality singular

Morphology

sacramentality = sacramental (transparent) = sacrament + al + ity

Formed by standard derivation: sacrament -> sacramental (-al) -> sacramentality (-ity), so the abstract meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Sacramentality comes from sacrament, a word for a religious act that is 'sacred', and from the root sacr- meaning 'holy', the same root as in sacred and sacrifice. So sacramentality means the quality of being like a sacrament, that is being 'holy' or 'sacred'.