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Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament..

Flagellant :: Flagellant (n.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant..

Mass :: Mass (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host..

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..

Confession :: Confession (n.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

#NAME? :: -ries (pl. ) of Sacramentar.

Transubstantiate :: Transubstantiate (v. t.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ..

Sacramentize :: Sacramentize (v. i.) To administer the sacraments.

Eucharist :: Eucharist (n.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion..

Consubstantiation :: Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation..

Housling :: Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire..

Chalice :: Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper..

Theurgy :: Theurgy (n.) A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites..

Euchology :: Euchology (n.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers..

Quinnat :: Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance..

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

Tractarian :: Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called Tracts for the Times, issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite..

Minister :: Minister (n.) One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.

Sacramentary :: Sacramentary (n.) Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1..

Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament..

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