sacrament
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- religious ceremony hypernym
- Lord's Supper hyponym
- matrimony hyponym
- baptism hyponym
- confirmation hyponym
- penance hyponym
- last rites hyponym
- holy order hyponym
Related & opposite
- sacramental derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sacramental |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious ceremony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Lord's Supper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | matrimony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baptism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confirmation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | penance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | last rites |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holy order |