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sacrament

UK //ˈsækrəmənt//US //ˈsækrəmənt//

词源

源自拉丁语 'sacramentum',最初指军事誓言或保证金,后基督教用来翻译希腊语 'mysterion'(奥秘)。

noun

❶ 基督教的重要宗教仪式,如洗礼或圣餐,象征神圣恩典或与神的盟约关系。

“Baptism is one of the sacraments in the Christian church.”

(洗礼是基督教会的圣事之一。)

“They received the sacrament of marriage in the cathedral.”

(他们在大教堂接受了婚姻圣事。)

❶ 任何被视为神圣或具有深刻精神意义的事物或行为。

“For some, music is a sacrament that connects them to the divine.”

(对某些人来说,音乐是连接他们与神性的圣事。)

“The shared meal became a sacrament of their friendship.”

(共享的餐食成为了他们友谊的圣事。)

同义词:ritual, ceremony, ordinance, rite, observance

常见短语

sacrament of reconciliation — 忏悔圣事,天主教中通过忏悔获得罪赦的仪式。

“He went to the sacrament of reconciliation before Easter.”

(他在复活节前参加了忏悔圣事。)

sacrament of the sick — 病人傅油圣事,为病重或临终者举行的宗教仪式。

“The priest came to administer the sacrament of the sick to my grandmother.”

(神父来为我祖母施行病人傅油圣事。)