sacramentalism

[ sak-ruh-men-tl-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
2. emphasis on the importance of sacramental objects and ritual actions.

sacramentalism

/ ˌsækrəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. belief in or special emphasis upon the efficacy of the sacraments for conferring grace

Derived Forms

• ˌsacraˈmentalist, noun

Other Words From

• sacra·mental·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sacramentalism¹

First recorded in 1860–65; sacramental + -ism

Example Sentences

He soon left his Bible for sacramentalism and all its concommitants.

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But the error comes in confusing supernaturalism with sacramentalism.

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Thus certain sectarian movements borrowed the sensationalism without the sacramentalism of Wesley.

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Apostolical succession and Sacramentalism may not have been in themselves progressive ideas.

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This sacramentalism was not unchallenged, as we have already seen from Plato himself.

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