sacrament

1. A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it;
   The two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper;
   In the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction (synset 101036957)
   is a type of: religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning
   subtypes:

   • eucharist, eucharistic liturgy, holy eucharist, holy sacrament, liturgy, lord's supper, sacrament of the eucharist - a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
   • matrimony - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
   • baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
   • confirmation - a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
   • penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
   • anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
   • holy order - the sacrament of ordination

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