sacramental wine

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Sacramental wine is wine used in religious ceremonies, especially the Christian Eucharist where it represents or becomes the blood of Christ.

During Prohibition in the United States, sacramental wine was legally exempt, leading to a notable increase in "religious" wine purchases: He got his sacramental wine from the priest down the street.

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sacramental winetable wine

Ordinary mealtime bottle

cooking wine · house wine · jug wine · wine cooler

sacred vs. profane substance

sacramental winemoonshine

Illegally distilled spirits

rotgut · grape juice

ritual context

sacramental winecocktail

Mixed alcoholic beverage

beer · spirits · social drink

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