sacramentarian ism

[ Eng.sacramen tarian; -ism.] The principles, teaching, or practices of the Sacramentarians. săc-ra-měnt-a-ry, *sac-ra-ment-a-rie, a. & & [Eng.sacrament; ary; Fr.sacrament a ire. ] A. As adjective: 1. Pertaining or relating to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental. 2. Pertaining or relating to the Sacramentarians. B. As substantive: 1. Roman Ritual : A book containing the rites for Ma , for the sacraments generally, and for the dedication of churches, the consecration of nuns, . From it have been developed the Mi al, the Pontifical, and the Rituale Romanum . *2. A Sacramentarian. [SACRAMENTARIAN, B. 1.] tsăc-ra-ment-īze, v . i . [Eng. sacrament; -ize.] To administer the sacraments. "Born to preach and sacramentize ."- Fuller . sa-crär-I-ŭm, s . [Latin, from sacer sacred (q.v.).] 1. A sort of family chapel in Roman houses, devoted to some particular deity. 2. The adytum of a temple. 3. That part of a church where the altar or communion table is situated. *sā-crate, *săc-rate, v . t. [Lat. sacratus , pa. par. of sacro , from sacer sacred.] To consecrate. "The marble of some monument sacrated to learning." -Water house: Apology for Learning, p. 51. (1653.) *sa-cra-tion, s. [Lat. sacratio , from sacratus , pa. par. of sacro =to consecrate.] The act of consecrating; a consecration. "Why then should it not as well from this be avoided, as from the other find a sacra tion?"-Feltham: Resolves, p. 36. *sa-cre (1), 8. [SAKER.] *sa-cre (2).s. [Fr.] [SACRED.] A sacred solemnity, rite, or ceremony. "For the feast and for the sacre ." -Chaucer : Dream. *sā-cre (cre as ker), v . t . [Fr. sacrer , from Lat. sacro.] To consecrate, to hallow; to dedicate or devote to some sacred service, office, or use. "He was sacryd or enoynted emperoure of Rome."-Fabyan: Chronycte, ch. clv. sā-crěd, a . [Prop. the pa. par. of Mid. English sacre to consecrate; Fr. sacré , pa. par. of sacrer ; Sp., Port., & Ital. sacro .] marine; gō, põt, IMG:content-0870.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0871.png:[blocks in formation] Rome. sacred-fig, 8. Bot.: Ficus religiosa. [FICUS.) sacred-fire, s. Religion: Fire used as a religious symbol, and kept continually burning. [FIRE-WORSHIP.] Sacred-Heart, s. Roman Church : The physical heart of Christ, considered, not as mere flesh, but as united to the divinity. It is the object of a special devotion, founded in the latter part of the seventeenth cen- tury by a French nun of the Order of the Visitation, Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque (beatified in 1864,) and first preached in England by Father de la Colombière, S. J., chaplain to Mary of Modena, queen of James II. The feast of the Sacred Heart is celebrated on the Friday (in England on the Sun- day) after the octave of Corpus Christ i.