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Recent Examples of sacramental
After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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
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
Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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
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
Something has changed, not in church law or doctrine but in moral theology and the pastoral application of sacramental discipline.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacramental
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The Pope was Polish, so maybe there was a bit of divine intervention with how Dudek performed.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The timing of this movie feels divine.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The process refers to soldiers who won’t fight on the basis of moral or religious grounds.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Some religious schools offer discounts to families who are part of the church connected with the school.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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But there is more: a little way back from the water, knuckle-like boulders of sandstone or some other friable rock sharpen the ambience of a consecrated space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Churches are fine, but consecrated Earth is dangerous to them.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Her historic appointment—a first in the 1,400 years since Saint Augustine founded the diocese after landing in England—will fuel the long-running debate not only in the Anglican church, but also other Christian churches, about the ecclesiastical role of women.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Pretty quickly, this pay-to-pray arrangement gave way to a less ecclesiastical approach.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The tenth and final day of the High Holidays, Yom Kippur is the holiest Jewish holiday of the year.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Manchester police were calling on people to stay inside and avoid the area, but that message was not reaching the community deep in prayer on this holiest of days.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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To share that sacred experience with your mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother?—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
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Millions of people around the world today are observing Yom Kippur, the most sacred holiday in the Jewish faith.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Others suggest that any sort of ecclesial peace that had reigned was over and that Francis is now more exposed to critics, deprived of the moderating influence Benedict played in keeping the conservative Catholic fringe at bay.—
NICOLE WINFIELD,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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The sentiment of style being sacrosanct at Old Trafford may have softened somewhat given their malaise in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years, but the practicality that proved numbingly successful at Wembley that day appears to be taking hold in this season’s Premier League.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Education spending in particular is sacrosanct to lawmakers, so soon after the state celebrated finally meeting constitutional funding requirements after more than a decade of chronic underfunding.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacramental. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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