sacrament
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He had come to sponsor my teenage son Finn as he received the sacrament of Confirmation, a Catholic rite of adolescence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
He describes a large rustic loaf “held close to the heart,” sliced toward the body in a communal sacrament, representing an elemental and ancient loaf unsullied by ultra-processing or bleached flour.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025
Catholicism also makes a ceremony of transubstantiating flesh into a sacrament to feed the soul.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024
At the same time, the document reflected bishops’ worries that many Catholics don’t know or accept the church’s teachings about the significance of the sacrament, though surveys have given mixed results on that question.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Because we have not tasted the sacrament of palm nuts?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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