sacramentalism
Americannoun
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a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
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emphasis on the importance of sacramental objects and ritual actions.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sacramentalism
First recorded in 1860–65; sacramental + -ism
Example Sentences
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Closely related to symbolism is sacramentalism; the man who sees nature as a book of symbols is likely to regard life as a sacrament.
From Architecture and Democracy by Bragdon, Claude Fayette
We must not discredit the assurance which comes to the devout Buddhist who faithfully follows the Middle Way, or deny that Pagan sacramentalism was to its initiates a channel of grace.
From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn
Thus certain sectarian movements borrowed the sensationalism without the sacramentalism of Wesley.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
It defends ritual rightly or even sacramentalism rightly, because these are the things the Puritans attacked.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
This sacramentalism was not unchallenged, as we have already seen from Plato himself.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
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