Sacrament

Definition: Sacrament

Sacrament

Noun

1. A formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it.

Date "sacrament" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	SACRAMENT, n. A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of authority and significance are attached. Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all -- for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Literature	Sacrament Literally, "a military oath" taken by the Roman soldiers not to desert their standard, turn their back on the enemy, or abandon their general. We also, in the sacrament of baptism, take a military oath "to fight manfully under the banner of Christ." The early Christians used the word to signify "a sacred mystery," and hence its application to the Baptism and Eucharist, and in the Roman Catholic Church to marriage, confirmation, etc. The five sacraments are Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction. (See Thirty-nine Articles, Article xxxv.) The seven sacraments are Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction. The two sacraments of the Protestant Church are Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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A sacrament in Christianity is an especially sacred act; it is generally understood to involve both outwardly visible activity and inward invisible activity; the inward activity is understood to be the action of God's grace in the people participating in the sacrament; the outward activity often involves the use of some "thing", such as water, wine, or oil that may have been especially blessed or consecrated.

They etymology of the word sacrament shows that it came from the Latin sacramentum "a consecrating", from sacrare "to consecrate". It was a Church Latin loan translation from the Greek word mysterion which meant "mystery".

Working definitions vary considerably among different Christians. Most Protestants believe that sacraments are an "outward sign of an inward grace", or that they are "only symbols" of what is taking place or has taken place invisibly. They most often practice two sacraments: baptism and communion. Many Anabaptist churches practice foot washing, citing the commandment of Jesus Christ in John 13:14: "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet." Other Protestant Churches may practice more or fewer sacraments.

Roman Catholics believe that the sacrament itself is an effective means of grace, and is not "just a symbol". They traditionally practice seven sacraments but also acknowledge that there can be additional means of grace as well; see Catholic sacraments.

Also Eastern Orthodoxy teaches that sacraments are themselves effective means of grace. Their use is an affirmation of the goodness of created matter, and many times an emphatic declaration of what that matter was originally created to be. They often call the sacraments "mysteries", as in the "Mystery of Repentance". They have many such sacraments, some more emphasized than others, and traditionally have not systematically enumerated them. The central sacrament is of course the Eucharist.

Quakers practice no formal sacraments, believing that all activities can and should be considered holy. The Salvation Army also does not practice any formal sacraments for a variety of reasons; it also does not forbid its members from receiving sacraments in other denominations [1].

Sacrament (Mormonism)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Mormonism, the Sacrament is the Lord's Supper, in which participants eat bread and drink wine (or water, in the case of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the late 1800s). It is essentially the same as the Eucharist, Communion in other Christian denominations. Normally in Mormon congregations, the Sacrament is provided every Sunday as part of the Sacrament meeting.

The Sacrament ceremony

Method of administering the Sacrament to the congregation

In Mormon Sacrament meetings, the Sacrament is passed to members of the congregation after being blessed by a priest or other member of the Priesthood. A special prayer is given on the bread, after which the bread is passed to the congregation, usually by deacons. After the bread is passed, another special prayer is given on the wine, which is then passed to the congregation.

The use of wine as a symbol of the blood of Christ

As originally practiced by the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, Jr and other early Mormons, the Sacrament included the use of fermented wine. Most Mormon sects continue to use wine or grape juice. For example, the Community of Christ uses wine, while the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) sect uses unfermented grape juice.

The LDS Church owned and operated vineyards and wineries in Utah and California (including Napa Valley)during the 1800s to produce wine for this purpose.

However, in the late 1800s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by far the largest Mormon church organization, began to substitute water instead of wine. This practice was officially adopted Church-wide in 1912. Although wine is still considered an emblem of the blood of Christ, most members of the Church do not consider the substitution of water to be significant, referring to a scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants: "[I]t mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory." (D&C 27:2-4). Water has also been used as a symbol of Christ and his mission at various times, including Jesus' 'living water' sermon.

Many Mormons believe that one of the reasons the LDS Church began to use water rather than wine is to help Mormons avoid the "appearance of evil" by not purchasing wine, which is discouraged in the Word of Wisdom. Some Mormon critics say the change was made to save money, however, the sacramental emblems are often donated by members of local congregations.

Meaning of the Sacrament

To Mormons, the Sacrament is viewed as a renewal of the covenant made at baptism. According to the Sacrament prayers, a person eats and drinks in rememberance of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and promises always to remember him and keep his commandments. In return the prayer promises that the participant will always have the Spirit to be with them.

The Sacrament is considered to be a weekly renewal of a Mormon's commitment to follow Jesus Christ, and a plea for forgiveness of sins.

Like most Protestants, and unlike the Roman Catholic Church, Mormons do not believe in transubstantiation. Mormons view the bread and wine (water) as merely symbolic of the body and blood of Christ.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Rite	Verb: perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle; anoint, confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the sacrament; administer extreme unction; hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive; excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle.
	Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship).
	Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion; the sacrament, the holy sacrament; celebration, high celebration; missa cantata; asperges; offertory; introit; consecration; consubstantiation, transubstantiation; real presence; elements; mass; high mass, low mass, dry mass.
	Attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass; take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion; communicate; receive extreme unction; confess, go to confession, receive penance; anele.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sacrament

English words defined with "sacrament": absolution, anointing of the sick ♦ baptism ♦ celebration, confession, confirmation ♦ Eucharist, Eucharistic, Eucharistic liturgy, extreme unction ♦ holy orders, Holy Sacrament ♦ Illuminati, Intinction ♦ last rites, Liturgy, Lord's Supper ♦ matrimony ♦ Ostension ♦ penance ♦ remission, remission of sin, remittal ♦ sacrament of the Eucharist, sacramental, Sacramentarian, Sacramentary, solemnisation, solemnization, Spiritual father ♦ Test act, The Lord's Supper, The Lord's Table, Trisacramentarian ♦ Unhouseled. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sacrament": Gay Girl ♦ Particular Baptists ♦ ubiquity. (references)

Etymologies containing "sacrament": Unhouseled. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Sacrament" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (sacrament), Manx (holy sacrament, sacrament), Romanian (sacrament), Welsh (sacrament).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Sacrament of Confirmation (1924)

Het Sacrament (1990)

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Domain	Title
Books	Friendship As Sacrament (reference) Sacrament (reference) Sacrament of Lies (reference) The Sacrament of the Present Moment (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Sacrament (reference) Sacrament of Wilderness [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Samuel Butler	Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism.
St. Augustine	You can force a man to enter a church, to approach the altar, to receive the Sacrament; but you cannot force him to believe.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Moreover, there is always a nun on her knees before the holy sacrament.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Jamaica	In August a government-chartered independent commission examined decriminalization of marijuana and concluded with a recommendation for decriminalization of private personal use and as a religious sacrament. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	UBIQUITY, n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is omnipresence, an attribute of God and the luminiferous ether only. This important distinction between ubiquity and omnipresence was not clear to the mediaeval Church and there was much bloodshed about it. Certain Lutherans, who affirmed the presence everywhere of Christ's body were known as Ubiquitarians. For this error they were doubtless damned, for Christ's body is present only in the eucharist, though that sacrament may be performed in more than one place simultaneously. In recent times ubiquity has not always been understood -- not even by Sir Boyle Roche, for example, who held that a man cannot be in two places at once unless he is a bird.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Sacrament" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Sacrament" is used about 199 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.99%	197	21,803
Noun (proper)	1.01%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	199	N/A

Expressions using "sacrament": blessed sacrament ♦ exposition of the holy sacrament ♦ holly sacrament ♦ holy Sacrament ♦ partake of the sacrament ♦ sacrament of the Eucharist ♦ the blessed sacrament ♦ the holy sacrament ♦ the sacrament. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "sacrament": seven-sacrament.
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Language		Translations for "sacrament"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		simbol (badge, denotation, emblem, ensign, insignia, notation, sign, symbol), premtim i shenjtë, kungatë, gjë e shenjtë, betim (attestation, faith, oath, swear, vow). (various references)

Arabic		‏قربان مقدس (communion, eucharist), ‏سر مقدس (sacramental). (various references)

Bulgarian		символ (allegory, badge, emblem, exponent, insignia, representation, sign, symbol, token, totem, type), тайнство (mystery, ordinance), тайнствено влияние, клетва (adjuration, curse, damnation, imprecation, oath, vow), знамение (auspice, foretoken, knell, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, sign), божествено влияние, причастие (communion, eucharist, oblation, ordinance, participle, particle). (various references)

Chinese		聖餐 , 圣礼. (various references)

Czech		svátost. (various references)

Dutch		sacrament. (various references)

Esperanto		sakramento. (various references)

Farsi		نشانه (Allegory, Emblem, Mark, Marker, Omen, Portent, Presage, Proof, Reminiscence, Sign, Symptom, Token), تقدیس کردن (Bless, Celebrate, Consecrate, Edify, Enshrine, Hallow, Sancify), سوگند (Oath, Sanction), اءین دینی (Cult), رسم دینی . (various references)

Finnish		sakramentti. (various references)

French		sacrement. (various references)

German		Sakrament (ordinance). (various references)

Greek		μυστήριο (mystery), θεία ευχαριστία (eucharist), θείο μυστήριο. (various references)

Hebrew		טקס � וצרי. (various references)

Hungarian		szentség (holiness, sainthood, saintliness, sanctimony, sanctity), szakramentum. (various references)

Indonesian		sakramen. (various references)

Italian		sacramento. (various references)

Korean		성례� �. (various references)

Manx		creesteeaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		acramentsay.(various references)

Portuguese		sacramento (sacrificing). (various references)

Romanian		sacrament, jurãmânt (adjuration, asseveration, oath, vow), angajament solemn. (various references)

Russian		таинство (mystery), обет (pledge, vow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sakrament. (various references)

Spanish		sacramento. (various references)

Swedish		sakrament. (various references)

Thai		พิธีรับเข้าเป็นคริสต์ศาสนิกชน, ขนมปังและเหล้าองุ่นที่เป็นสัญลักษ�"์ของพระเจ้า. (various references)

Turkish		yemin (adjuration, attestation, oath, profession, vow), kutsal varlık, dinsel tören (ceremony, observance, ritual, service, solemnity), dini tören (ceremony, divine service, observance, office, rite, ritual, service, solemnity), ayin (ceremonial, ceremony, litany, observance, ordinance, rite, ritual, service). (various references)

Ukranian		священний символ, таїнство (mystery, ordinance), причастя (communion, oblation). (various references)

Vietnamese		lời nguyền (vow), lễ ban phước vật thiêng lời thề. (various references)

Welsh		sagrafen, sacrament. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sacramenta, sacramento, sacramentum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 32
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	To musthrion touto mega estin egw de legw eiV criston kai eiV thn ekklhsian
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sacramentum hoc magnum est ego autem dico in Christo et in ecclesia
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	This is a great secrete but I speake bitwene Christ and the cogregacion.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.
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Language	Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 32
Bulgarian	и слугувайте с добра воля като на �"оспода, а не на човеци;
Cebuano	Kini maoy usa ka dakung tinago, ug niini nagapasabut ako mahitungod kang Cristo ug sa iglesia;
Chinese	這是極大的奧秘、但我是指著基督 �'� 教會說的。
Croatian	Otajstvo je to veliko! Ja smjeram na Krista i na Crkvu.
Danish	Denne Hemmelighed er stor - jeg sigter nemlig til Kristus og til Menigheden.
Dutch	Deze verborgenheid is groot; doch ik zeg dit, ziende op Christus en op de Gemeente.
Finnish	Tämä salaisuus on suuri; minä tarkoitan Kristusta ja seurakuntaa.
French	Ce mystère est grand; je dis cela par rapport � Christ et � l`Église.
German	Das Geheimnis ist groß; ich sage aber von Christo und der Gemeinde.
Haitian Creole	Se yon gwo verite wi Bondye fè nou konnen nan pawòl sa a. Mwen menm, mwen kwè verite sa a se pou Kris la ak legliz la.
Hungarian	Felette nagy titok ez: de én a Krisztusról és az egyházról szólok.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ayat tersebut mengandung arti yang dalam. Dan saya kaitkan itu dengan hubungan antara Kristus dan jemaat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Rahasia ini besar, tetapi aku kiaskan di sini kepada Kristus dan sidang jemaat itu.
Italian	Questo mistero è grande; lo dico in riferimento a Cristo e alla Chiesa!
Korean	이 비 밀 이 크 도 다 ! 내 가 그 리 스 도 와 교 회 에 대 하 여 말 하 노 라
Latvian	Ðis noslçpums ir liels, bet es saku: Kristû un Baznîcâ.
Maori	He nui tenei mea ngaro; otiia mo te Karaiti raua ko te hahi taku korero.
Modern Greek	Το μυστηριον τουτο ειναι μεγα, εγω δε λεγω τουτο περι Χριστου και περι της εκκλησιας.
Norwegian	Denne hemmelighet er stor; men jeg tenker hermed på Kristus og på menigheten.
Portuguese	Grande é este mistério, mas eu falo em referência a Cristo e � igreja.
Rumanian	Taina aceasta este mare-(vorbesc despre Hristos wi despre Bisericq). -
Russian	фБКОБ УЙС ЧЕМЙЛБ; С ЗПЧПТА � П ПФОПЫЕОЙА ЛП иТЙУФХ Й Л гЕТЛЧЙ.
Shuar	Nusha Kristu ni shuarijiai Tsaninmán tawai. Nuka yaunchu nekaachma yamaikia nekanaiti, tura ti Enentáimturtiniaiti.
Spanish	Grande es este misterio, pero lo digo respecto de Cristo y de la iglesia.
Swahili	Kuna ukweli uliofichika katika maneno haya, nami naona kwamba yamhusu Kristo na kanisa lake.
Swedish	Den hemlighet som ligger häri är stor; jag säger detta med tanke på Kristus och församlingen.
Thai	ข้อนี้เป็นข้อลึกลับที่สำคัญมาก แต่ว่าข้าพเจ้าพู�"ถึงพระคริสต์กับคริสตจักร
Ukrainian	Ця та�"мниця велика, а я говорю про Христа та про Церкву!
Uma	Lolita toi, walatu to monala batua-na. Aga patuju-ku hi rehe'i, mpotompo'wiwi-a posidaia' Kristus hante kita' ntodea-na.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "sacrament": sacramental, sacramentalism, sacramentalisms, sacramentalist, sacramentalists, sacramentally, sacramentals, sacraments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sacrament" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sacramenta, sacramentum, sacrement, sacriment, sarcenet, Scaraben. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sacrament" (pronounced sa"krumunt)
7	-k r u m u n t	excrement, increment.
6	-r u m u n t	detriment, experiment, instrument, temperament.
5	-u m u n t	accompaniment, adamant, argument, armament, complement, condiment, disarmament, element, filament, impediment, implement, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sediment, sentiment, supplement, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement.
4	-m u n t	abandonment, abatement, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment.
3	-u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-m-n-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: caterans, sarmenta.
	-2 letters: amtracs, cameras, canters, carates, carnets, catenas, cateran, mantras, martens, nectars, ramenta, recants, sarment, scanter, smarten, tanrecs, tarmacs, trances.
	-3 letters: aments, amtrac, anears, ansate, antres, arcane, arecas, arenas, armets, ascent, astern, atmans, caesar, camera, caners, canter, carate, carats, carets, carman, carmen, carnet, cartes, casern, caster, catena, caters, centas, centra, cranes, crates, creams, enacts, macers, manats, mantas, mantes, mantra, marten, master, maters, matres, nacres, namers, nectar, ramate, ramens, ramets, rances, ratans, reacts, reatas, recant, recast, remans, sancta, scream, seaman, secant, stamen, stance, sterna, stream, tamers, tanrec, tarmac, traces, trance.
	-4 letters: aceta, acmes, acnes, acres, amens, ament, anear, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areas, areca, arena, armet, aster, atman, atmas, camas, cames, caner, canes, canst, cants, carat, cares, caret, carns, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cents, cesta, crams, crane, crate, cream, crest, earns, enact, escar, etnas, maars, macer, maces, manas, manat, manes, manse, manta, marcs, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, nacre, namer, names, narcs, nares, nates, nears, neats, nemas, nerts, races, ramen, ramet, rance, rants, ratan, rates, react, reams, reata, recta, reman, rents, sacra, saner, saran, satem, scant, scare, scart, scena, scent, scram, serac, smart, smear, snare, stane, stare, steam, stern, taces, tamer, tames, tares, tarns, teams, tears, terms, terns, trace, trams, trans.
	-5 letters: aces, acme, acne, acre, acta, acts, amas, amen, anas, anes, ansa, anta, ante, ants, arcs, area, ares, arms, arse, arts, asea, ates, atma, came, cams, cane, cans, cant, care, carn, cars, cart, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, cent, cram, earn, ears, east, eats, eras, erns, erst, etas, etna, maar, mace, macs, maes, mana, mane, mans, marc, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, mean, meat, mesa, meta, name, narc, near, neat, nema, nest, nets, race, rams, rant, rase, rate, rats, ream, recs, rems, rent, rest, rets, same, sane, sate, scam, scan, scar, scat, seam, sear, seat, sect, sent, sera, seta, star, stem, tace, tame, tams, tans, tare, tarn, tars, team, tear, teas, tens, term, tern, tram, tsar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-m-n-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: mercaptans, sacraments.
	+2 letters: macerations, sacramental.
	+3 letters: antechambers, carminatives, demarcations, emancipators, manufactures, reclamations, sacramentals, sectarianism, transhumance.
	+4 letters: ascertainment, cabinetmakers, coastguardmen, craftsmanlike, handcraftsmen, manufactories, manufacturers, paramountcies, racemizations, reattachments, sacramentally, sectarianisms, transhumances, transmittance.
	+5 letters: aerodynamicist, antirheumatics, archimandrites, arithmeticians, ascertainments, carcinomatoses, cinematographs, coastguardsmen, documentarians, handicraftsmen, microanatomies, parenchymatous, reactionaryism, recontaminates, remanufactures, sabermetrician, sacramentalism, sacramentalist, sclerenchymata, transmittances, ultramasculine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 63 72 61 6D 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

... .- -.-. .-. .- -- . -. -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01100011 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#99 &#114 &#97 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 0063 0072 0061 006D 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
sacrament	52
blessed sacrament	42
sacrament of confirmation	24
marriage and sacrament	24
sacrament of reconciliation	22
blessed church sacrament	22
sacrament baptism	11
him sacrament	8
catholic sacrament	8
blessed cathedral sacrament	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sacrament

Definition: Sacrament

Sacrament

Noun

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Specialty Definition: Sacrament

Sacrament (Mormonism)

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Samuel Butler

St. Augustine

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Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

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sacrament

blessed sacrament

sacrament of confirmation

marriage and sacrament

sacrament of reconciliation

blessed church sacrament

sacrament baptism

him sacrament

catholic sacrament

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