meaning of sacraments
1. The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
2. The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
3. One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lords Supper.
4. To bind by an oath.
5. a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the Protestant sacraments are baptism and the Lords 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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