sacramental

IPA: sˈækrʌmʌntʌɫ

(Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) An object (such as holy water or a crucifix) or an action (such as making the sign of the cross) which is regarded as encouraging devotion and thus spiritually aiding the person who uses it.

Examples of "sacramental" in Sentences

Besides sanctifying grace the Sacraments give another grace, called sacramental grace.
According to Ina May, it began to gain sacramental status shortly before the departure of the Caravan.
Whitman, as poet of the body and of the soul, figures the relationship between self and other in sacramental and physical terms.
Occasionally, a dinner guest will spoil our little celebration of American supremacy by calling our sacramental potatoes, "french fries."
-- It requires only the sincere belief by the person seeking marriage in the Church that the original marriage was not "sacramental" -- this does not even require the official
Behind various interpretations of this distinction lurks a large issue in sacramental and liturgical theology: what efficacious role to these ‘non-divine’ liturgical elements have?
So we're really leaving that what we refer to as sacramental marks of their presence with us, that is to say the sort of outward and visible sign that they were here and that we ministered to them here for so long.
Mgr. Sokolowski concludes this section of his book with this final point of clarification: it might appear that the primary initiative in sacramental action lies in the present moment, with the Church and the local community and the celebrant of the Mass; […].