sacramental

adjective

Definition of sacramentalnext
as in divine

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Recent Examples of sacramental Days of integration should follow the sacramental transformation, during which the participant contextualizes their newfound knowledge before returning to the quotidian world. — Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 With light slanting in from a row of windows eight stories above the floor, and an immense vault above, the drill hall has a sacramental feel. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026 There is something sacramental about the whole arrangement. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025 Audiences could think of it as a pilgrimage to visit a holy relic — or its own act of sacramental theater. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sacramental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacramental
  1. divine
  2. religious
  3. consecrated
  4. ecclesiastical
  5. holy
  6. sacred
  7. ecclesial
  8. sacrosanct
Adjective
  • There’s a king bed with a divine wooden headboard and plush white linens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, in Herzog’s vision, they’re touched by something profound, perhaps divine.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of divine
Adjective
  • Netanyahu’s government, the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel’s history, has presided over a surge of settlement construction in the West Bank.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu’s government is the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel’s history.
    — Ibrahim Hazboun, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of religious
Adjective
  • Beside the three-story, 9-bed, 11-bath, 1,900-square-meter (20,450 square feet) main property sit good houses for the gardener, the caretaker, various garages, even a small consecrated church.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The excommunication applies to the newly consecrated bishops, any SSPX priest and anyone who formally adheres to the society.
    — Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Definition of consecrated
Adjective
  • In addition, the new king will receive a solemn ecclesiastical blessing in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His public utterances will brim with courtly niceties, and with legal and ecclesiastical arcana.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ecclesiastical
Adjective
  • Once upon a time, Herzog was the crazy visionary, determined at all costs to realize his aesthetic ambitions to feel more, to see deeper, to explore the madness of the world, a bit of a holy fool himself.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Most Indians were part of groups visiting the Lake Mansarovar and Mount Kailash in Tibet, holy pilgrimage sites for Hindus.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of holy
Adjective
  • If this has proved conflicting, Gibney does not let on, marching from sacred target to sacred target with little apparent tentativeness.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The gossamer thread holding the sacred feminine maelstrom together?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sacred
Adjective
  • In matters of religious, communal, and pastoral Christian life in the Holy Land, there is no higher ecclesial authority.
    — Fares Abraham, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Reforming Popes of the 11th and 12th centuries, beginning with Leo IX and culminating with Innocent III, addressed the ecclesial crises of their day.
    — Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
Definition of ecclesial
Adjective
  • In Guadalajara there's no raw material more basic, and more sacrosanct, than time.
    — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
  • For frequent reveler Benjamin Danjuma, weekend outings are nearly sacrosanct.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of sacrosanct

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