sacramental

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Recent Examples of sacramental Many of them walk to Mass from nearby apartments and could be cut off from the sacramental life if OLV is shuttered. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024 That standard was tested when the churches in New Mexico and Oregon successfully sued the D.E.A., bolstering the case for the sacramental use of psychedelics. Ernesto Londoño Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 12 May 2024 The priest and the child have spent time alone together, and after one meeting Donald returned to Sister James’s class acting strange, his breath redolent of sacramental wine. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 The law allows adults ages 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana, a half-ounce of cannabis concentrate and 1 ounce of products such as edibles for recreational, sacramental and other uses. Dánica Coto, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sacramental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacramental
Adjective
  • There's divine casting, and then there's divine casting.
    EW.com, EW.com, 7 June 2025
  • Evoking the concept of kingdoms while exploring diverse expressions of power, the pieces span empires, kingdoms, city-states, chiefdoms, and figures from divine rulers to heroic leaders.
    Essence, Essence, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Both have engendered a loyalty in their audiences which verges on the religious.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • The plaintiffs -- which included a group of Arkansas voters and the Christian Ministerial Alliance, a religious organization based in Little Rock -- argued the map weakens the weight of Black voters residing in southeast Pulaski County.
    Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • Churches are fine, but consecrated Earth is dangerous to them.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • Until her late 20s, Isabella had never even considered a consecrated life.
    Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • That changed with ecclesiastical reforms introduced under Pope Gregory X, who mandated a minimum 10-day waiting period to allow time for prayer and reflection—and for distant cardinals to travel to Rome.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • In this environment, the billion-dollar unicorn model, the holy grail of startup success for decades, no longer feels viable for many founders.
    Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • This soothing moisturizer is my holy grail, and PEOPLE readers can try it now for 20 percent off with the code DDM20 at checkout.
    Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Getting the chance to compete here feels like stepping into something sacred.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • The underground as an origin point, a sacred realm, versus the underground as a site to exploit, carve up, burn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Reforming Popes of the 11th and 12th centuries, beginning with Leo IX and culminating with Innocent III, addressed the ecclesial crises of their day.
    Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
  • During the latter half of the century, the Brazilian Catholic church shifted its approach from one that centered on elites and favored the status quo to one that promoted social justice and ecclesial and political action on behalf of the poor.
    Chayenne Polimédio, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2019
Adjective
  • Executives' compensation is tied to cash returns not production targets with dividends now sacrosanct.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 5 May 2025
  • States, for their part, were entrusted with full control over public K-12 curricula, while private schools and colleges were considered sacrosanct.
    Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacramental. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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