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
  • Sevens are the number of spiritual awakening, divine alignment, and completion.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 June 2025
  • Through this process, the soul becomes more attuned to divine energy, reaching a state of harmony with the higher dimensions.
    Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Senate parliamentarian spiked the part of the proposal that would exempt religious institutions from the tax, which, Fansmith says, was part of an effort to exempt the very conservative Hillsdale College from the endowment tax.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • At the end of the day students from a religious order went back to the houses of their communities where professors from the order also lived and dined and prayed with them.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 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
  • In an initial ruling in March, Walsh sided with the OCA, the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Because the actual date of the spring equinox can differ by a day or two, the Catholic Church created a fixed date of March 21 to define it, known as the ecclesiastical equinox.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Regardless of region, a memorable melody remains the holy grail.
    Faye Bradley, Variety, 4 July 2025
  • On paper, unlimited PTO sounds like the holy grail of benefits a company can offer its employees—the ability to take endless vacations and avoid burnout.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • There is something sacred about arriving to love already whole.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Is my poetry equal to something so sacred and timeless?
    Literary Hub June 23, Literary Hub, 23 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
  • While the First Amendment is an annoyance in the state Capitol, the Second Amendment is sacrosanct.
    Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 24 May 2025
  • Executives' compensation is tied to cash returns not production targets with dividends now sacrosanct.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 5 May 2025

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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacramental. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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