SACRAMENTAL Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sacramental

adjective

Definition of sacramental

as in divine

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Recent Examples of sacramental With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 Days of integration should follow the sacramental transformation, during which the participant contextualizes their newfound knowledge before returning to the quotidian world. — Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 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. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026 There is something sacramental about the whole arrangement. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sacramental

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Adjective

Our go-tos are the classic pepperoni and the hot sausage with brown butter sage (divine, truly).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Cinny Biscuits At The Bake Shop and Cafe in Cleveland, Shawnda Moye offers the Cinny, a warm cinnamon roll-meets-biscuit that somehow becomes more divine when paired with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee.

— Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of divine

Adjective

Though religious thinkers will fight fiercely to show one of the stories to be the one that religion really sanctions, each Abrahamic religion has signposts pointing both ways.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Today it is shown with regularity in religious schools, and has a fervent following among theater kids.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of religious

Adjective

Beside the three-story, 9-bed, 11-bath, 1,900-square-meter (20,450 square feet) main property sit good houses for the gardener, the caretaker, various garages, even a small consecrated church.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The excommunication applies to the newly consecrated bishops, any SSPX priest and anyone who formally adheres to the society.

— Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Definition of consecrated

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The Houthis have denied launching an attack on the city, considered the holiest site in Islam.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Bahrain has opened most F1 seasons in recent years and was only moved from that position in 2025 and 2026 because of a clash with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of holy

Adjective

Neither home nor sacred space, to her the building felt stuck between states, stubbornly shaking its head.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Inside a white-walled room, a clinician administered ibogaine, a psychoactive compound derived from a sacred Central African bark.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of sacred

Adjective

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
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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