sacramental wine
Americannoun
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Indeed, sacramental wine is traditionally red, by analogy with the blood of Christ.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
Under pressure, in 1595 King Philip II of Spain prohibited almost all new wine grape cultivation in Mexico, limiting it solely to sacramental wine for Catholic parishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
During communion, Catholics receive a sacramental wafer and can also sip sacramental wine from a chalice.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
There was, for instance, a run on sacramental wine, which was not restricted.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2011
Her father, a retired minister, wasted his narrow means in trying to raise the proper grapes for sacramental wine.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
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