sacramental
Of holy rites
Sacramental describes things relating to or functioning as sacraments—sacred rituals believed to confer divine grace, such as baptism or communion.
The priest performed the sacramental rites.
By extension, anything treated with profound reverence or ritual significance: She approached gardening with sacramental devotion.
As a noun, a sacramental is an object or practice—holy water, the sign of the cross—that resembles a sacrament but isn't formally one.
Profound shared closeness
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
anointing · mass · liturgy · altar · chalice · paten · tabernacle · vestment
Surpassing usual limits
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
redemption · salvation · faith · devotion · prayer · communion · illumination · sanctification
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- holyDedicated to the divine
divine · sacred · venerated · revered · sanctity · grace · rite · ritual
Solemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- promiseCommitment to act
- pledgeBinding promise given
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
bond · covenant · troth · dedication · consecration · obligation · fidelity · allegiance
communion
Profound shared closeness
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
penance · anointing · mass · liturgy · altar · chalice · paten · tabernacle · vestment · incense
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
divinity · redemption · salvation · faith · devotion · prayer · communion · illumination · sanctification · grace
consecrated
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
holy · divine · sacred · venerated · revered · sanctity · grace · rite · ritual · ceremony
vow
Solemn personal commitment
commitment · bond · covenant · troth · dedication · consecration · obligation · fidelity · allegiance · avowal
matrimony
Legal union of spouses
conjugal · union · bride · bridegroom · spouse · blessing · vow · ring · ceremony · witness
grave
Serious and worrying
earnest · august · somber · serious · formal · measured · weighty · composed · reflective · subdued
- sacramentsbaptism, christening, confirmation, communion, matrimony
- worship stylesliturgical, contemporary, traditional, charismatic, evangelical
sacramentalprofane
Irreverent toward the sacred
blasphemous · sacrilegious · unholy · desecrated · irreverent
sacramentalsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
irreligious · profane · nonreligious · worldly · temporal
sacramentalmundane
Commonplace, lacking excitement
ordinary · commonplace · prosaic · utilitarian · everyday
- sacramental wineBlessed beverage for worship
- the sacramentSacred religious ceremony
- holy sacramentsReligious rites conveying grace
- auto sacramentalAllegorical Spanish religious drama
- sacramental breadBlessed wheat wafer
- Blessed SacramentConsecrated elements in Catholicism