Sacramentarian

American  

[sak-ruh-men-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌsæk rə mɛnˈtɛər i ən /

noun

1. a person who maintains that the Eucharistic elements have only symbolic significance and are not corporeal manifestations of Christ.

2. (lowercase) a sacramentalist.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sacramentarians.

2. (lowercase) of or relating to the sacraments.

Sacramentarian British  

/ ˌsækrəmɛnˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. any Protestant theologian, such as Zwingli, who maintained that the bread and wine of the Eucharist were the body and blood of Christ only in a figurative sense and denied His real presence in these elements

2. one who believes in sacramentalism

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adjective

1. of or relating to Sacramentarians

2. (not capital) of or relating to sacraments

Other Word Forms

• Sacramentarianism noun
• unsacramentarian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sacramentarian

First recorded in 1530–40; sacrament + -arian

Example Sentences

In the Introduction to the Life an ecclesiastical friend distinguishes him from the partisan schools as a "Broad Church Sacramentarian."

From Project Gutenberg

Sacramen′tary, pertaining to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, or to the sacramentarians.—n. a book containing all the prayers and ceremonies used at the celebration of the R.C. sacraments: a sacramentarian.

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I am a poor Sacramentarian, and can hardly recollect what I have hitherto lived on, it was so bloody-desperate little.

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On the 13th of June 1545, she was arraigned as a sacramentarian under the Six Articles at the Guildhall; but no witness appeared against her; she was declared not guilty by the jury and discharged after paying her fees.

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Practical difficulties called for the enforcement of discipline, and differences of opinion for authority in doctrine; and, finally, the sacramentarian system required a priesthood.

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