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sacrament/ˈsækrəm(ə)nt/n. 1 a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Churches regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual grace: applied by the Eastern, pre-Reformation Western, and Roman Catholic Churches to the seven rites of baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, ordination, and matrimony, but restricted by most Protestants to baptism and the Eucharist (基督教)圣事；圣礼(被视为内在心灵受天惠的外在可见表象，为东派教会、改革前的西派教会和罗马天主教会用于 7 项圣事：洗礼、坚信礼、圣餐、忏悔、终傅、授圣职和婚礼；但大多新教徒将圣事仅限用在洗礼和圣餐上) 2 a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a sacred influence, symbol, etc. 具有神秘和神圣意义的事物；神圣的影响(符号等) 3 (also 亦作 Blessed or Holy Sacrament) (prec. by 前接 the)a the Eucharist 圣餐 b the consecrated elements, esp. the bread or Host 神圣的事物(尤指圣餐面包或圣体) 4 an oath or solemn engagement taken 誓言；庄严的诺言 [Middle English via Old French sacrement from Latin sacramentum ‘solemn oath’ etc., via sacrare ‘hallow’ from sacer SACRED, used in Christian Latin as translation of Greek mustērion MYSTERY1] |