sacrament
noun
[ ˈsakrəm(ə)nt ]
• (in the Christian Church) a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as imparting divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist and (in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches) penance and the anointing of the sick.
• (in Roman Catholic use) the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread or Host.
• "he heard Mass and received the sacrament"
• a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a religious symbol.
• "they used peyote as a sacrament"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sacrement, from Latin sacramentum ‘solemn oath’ (from sacrare ‘to hallow’, from sacer ‘sacred’), used in Christian Latin as a translation of Greek mustērion ‘mystery’.
