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| Main Entry: | sacrament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rite |
| Synonyms: | baptism, celebration, ceremony, communion, confession, confirmation, custom, holy orders, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, oath, observance, practice, ritual, service, vow |
| Main Entry: | liturgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship, ceremony |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremonial, form, formality, formula, observance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, services |
| Notes: | a litany is a series of prayers; a liturgy is the canon of a religious service |
| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal joining of two people; a union |
| Synonyms: | alliance, association, link, match, matrimony, merger, nuptials, sacrament, tie, wedding, wedlock, amalgamation, confederation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, mating, monogamy, pledging, spousal, tie that binds, wedded bliss, wedded state, wedding bells, wedding ceremony |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| Main Entry: | rite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, celebration, ceremonial, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity |
| Main Entry: | ritual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype, usage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Eucharist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Holy Communion |
| Synonyms: | communion, mass, oblation, sacrament |
| Main Entry: | Holy Communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament of church |
| Synonyms: | Eucharist, Holy Communion, Holy Sacrament, Last Supper, Lord's Supper, communion, the Sacrament |
| Main Entry: | Last Supper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Passover supper of Jesus |
| Synonyms: | Communion, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Holy Sacrament, Lord's Supper, Sacrament |
| Main Entry: | Lord's Supper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament of church |
| Synonyms: | Eucharist, Holy Communion, Last Supper, Sacrament, communion, Holy Sacrament, intinction |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament in church; body of believers sharing a sacrament |
| Synonyms: | Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Mass, breaking of bread, church, creed, denomination, faith, persuasion, religion, sacrament |
| Main Entry: | Holy Orders |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sacrament of ordination |
| Synonyms: | minister's rank, orders, priest's rank, rite of ordination, sacraments |
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