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sacramentalism

[ sak-ruh-men-tl-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
  2. emphasis on the importance of sacramental objects and ritual actions.


sacramentalism

/ ˌsækrəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. belief in or special emphasis upon the efficacy of the sacraments for conferring grace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsacraˈmentalist, noun
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Other Words From

  • sacra·mental·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sacramentalism1

First recorded in 1860–65; sacramental + -ism
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Example Sentences

He soon left his Bible for sacramentalism and all its concommitants.

But the error comes in confusing supernaturalism with sacramentalism.

Thus certain sectarian movements borrowed the sensationalism without the sacramentalism of Wesley.

Apostolical succession and Sacramentalism may not have been in themselves progressive ideas.

This sacramentalism was not unchallenged, as we have already seen from Plato himself.

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