sacrament

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sacrament Symbolic action in which the central mysteries of a religious faith are enacted and which, on some accounts, confers divine grace upon those to whom it is given or administered. For Protestants, there are two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper (see Last Supper). In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, the sacraments are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, holy orders, matrimony, penance, and the anointing of the sick.

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