Sakrament

Definitions of Sakrament
  1. noun
    a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
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    Abendmahl
    a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
    Taufe
    a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
    Firmung, Konfirmation
    a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
    Buße
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
    Letzte Ölung
    a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
    Beichte
    (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
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    spirituelle Veranstaltung
    a ceremony having religious meaning
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