adj. & n.
adj. 1 of or of the nature of a sacrament or the sacrament. 2 (of a doctrine etc.) attaching great importance to the sacraments.
n. an observance analogous to but not reckoned among the sacraments, e.g. the use of holy water or the sign of the cross. sacramentalism n. sacramentalist n. sacramentality n. sacramentally adv.
[ ME f. F sacramental or LL sacramentalis (as SACRAMENT) ]