(Religion) Signe visible d'une grâce invisible instituée par Dieu pour la sanctification des âmes. Le sacrement du baptême est en fait l'eau du baptême.
ETYM Latin sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, from sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. French sacrement. Related to Sacred.
A formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it.
In Christian usage, observances forming the visible sign of inward grace. In the Roman Catholic Church there are seven sacraments: baptism, Holy Communion (Eucharist or mass), confirmation, rite of reconciliation (confession and penance), holy orders, matrimony, and the anointing of the sick.
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