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sacraments

  • plural
    of sacrament.
    sacrament
    noun
    a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.

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It means a baptised follower is "out of communion" with the Church - meaning they cannot receive the sacraments, for example going to confession, or get married within the Roman Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

A metaphysical reality thick with angels and sacraments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Amid the chirping of birds, she talked about receiving the sacraments there, and celebrating her quinceañera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

As an eight-year-old Catholic, I learned the names and functions of all seven sacraments.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez