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Recent Examples of sacramental
With light slanting in from a row of windows eight stories above the floor, and an immense vault above, the drill hall has a sacramental feel.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
There is something sacramental about the whole arrangement.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
Winston said because of that, Bible-believing and sacramental Christians have no choice but to be out protesting for the protection of immigrants.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
The Bible And Armenia’s Wine History The winemaking apparatus was found next to what amounts to a cemetery, likely for sacramental or religious purposes.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
There is something sacramental about the whole arrangement.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
Winston said because of that, Bible-believing and sacramental Christians have no choice but to be out protesting for the protection of immigrants.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
The Bible And Armenia’s Wine History The winemaking apparatus was found next to what amounts to a cemetery, likely for sacramental or religious purposes.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacramental
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Speaking of divine intervention, Bobcats fans are no doubt praying for a first NAIA national football championship.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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The secretary used the prayer to frame the war in Iran as an act of divine justice, the same justification Jackson’s character cites in the film before pulling the trigger.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Cameroonian political analyst Collins Molua Ikome highlighted that the pope is primarily a religious authority.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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That entity’s origins have something to do with the Church located in the repressed, religious suburb Naim’s (Bird) just moved to with his mother, played by the brilliant Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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In addition, Jos Valke, deacon of the church, said a letter reporting D’Artagnan’s death stated that he had been laid to rest in consecrated ground.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Cuban politicians are still careful to present themselves as devotees of Martí, and sacrificing for la patria is a consecrated ideal.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2026
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Walsh’s ruling gave the OCA, which is the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States, authority to govern the parish and the judge ordered the parish’s former leaders to vacate the property by June 2025.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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These final days of Lent, constituting the most solemn season of the ecclesiastical year, will commemorate the passion and death of Christ.—
From staff reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
2 Apr. 2026
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In Catholic school, holy cards are a big deal.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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The novel setup invited any number of issues that might have ruined the whole thing, but the experience was somehow redeemed and made special by its foundational reverence for the holy light of cinema.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Good luck is said to grace all pregnant women who visit this sacred space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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When his grandmother also falls ill and prepares to cross the Kuriyako, the sacred place where her people go to die, an ancestral presence arrives in the house, blurring the boundary between the living and the dead.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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In matters of religious, communal, and pastoral Christian life in the Holy Land, there is no higher ecclesial authority.—
Fares Abraham,
Washington Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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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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Both were once deemed sacrosanct.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the case of a sacrosanct, seemingly unattainable number like Kobe’s 81, chasing a stat doesn’t feel so different from chasing a ring.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Sacramental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacramental. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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