Definitions
A sacred religious rite, especially in Christian traditions.
Word origin
From Middle English sacrament, from Old French sacrement, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacrō (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.
Used in a sentence
“The dots are easy to connect, because they’re so close together, and because they’re the entry and exit wounds inflicted on US society by the subculture whose sacrament is the gun.”
“I'll take the sacrament on 't.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Holy rite”9 letters
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