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remony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath. [Obs.] I'll take the sacrament on't. Shak.

Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemny binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.

The doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessive importance to sacraments.

One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.

In a sacrament manner.

One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.

Of or pertaining a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.

To administer the sacraments. [R.] Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller.

One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.

To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism. [Obs.]

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

o dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.

er; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.

To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

To perforn or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

he person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemorat…

One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member. A never-failing monthly communicant. Atterbury.