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sacramental wine

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noun

  1. wine for use in a Eucharistic service.


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I discovered that sacramental wine tasted horrible, as did holy water.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

For a while, the missions’ sacramental wine was shipped up from Mexico, but pretty soon vine cuttings were bundled and sent north too.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

During communion, Catholics receive a sacramental wafer and can also sip sacramental wine from a chalice.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2020

“You’ve come at a blessed time,” Father Johan said, raising a glass of sweet sacramental wine.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2014

After drinking the sacramental wine she lifted her silken hood, not too swiftly or nervously, and smiled blushingly on her lord.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various