sacramental

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: sac=ra=men=tal

CIDE DICTIONARY

sacramental, a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.].

•  Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.  [1913 Webster]
•  Bound by a sacrament.  [1913 Webster]

  "The sacramental host of God's elect."  [1913 Webster]

sacramental, n. 

 That which relates to a sacrament.  Bp. Morton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sacramental, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or of the nature of a sacrament or the sacrament.
2 (of a doctrine etc.) attaching great importance to the sacraments.
--n. an observance analogous to but not reckoned among the sacraments, e.g. the use of holy water or the sign of the cross.

Derivative

sacramentalism n. sacramentalist n. sacramentality n. sacramentally adv.

Etymology

ME f. F sacramental or LL sacramentalis (as SACRAMENT)

THESAURUS

sacramental

Agnus Dei, High-Church, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, baptismal, beadroll, beads, candle, censer, ceremonial, ceremonious, ceremony, chaplet, ciborium, cross, crucifix, cruet, duty, eucharistial, eucharistic, form, form of worship, formal, formality, formula, formular, formulary, function, holy cross, holy rite, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incensory, institution, liturgic, liturgistic, liturgy, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, mode of worship, monstrance, mystery, observance, office, order of worship, ordinance, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, practice, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, prescribed form, pyx, relics, rite, ritual, ritual observance, ritualistic, rituality, rood, rosary, sacrament, sacramentarian, sacred relics, sacring bell, service, shofar, solemnity, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle