Synonyms for
Sacraments
Definition
Sacraments are religious ceremonies that are considered important in Christianity.
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The seven sacraments are baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders, and marriage.
- The priest explained the importance of the sacraments to the children in Sunday school.
- My grandmother received the sacrament of anointing of the sick before she passed away.
- The couple exchanged vows in a sacramental wedding ceremony.
- The sacraments are a way for Christians to connect with God.
Quotes
The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life. - Catechism of the Catholic Church
Sacraments, those physical signs of grace, must be saved from becoming mere rites without soul, mere ceremonies without conscience. - Fulton J. Sheen
Let us understand, that when we are baptized, we are immersed in the abyss of Divine mercy, and then are we divinely imbued with the sacraments and with all the gifts of the Holy Ghost. - St. John Vianney