transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsa-krə-mənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English sacrement, sacrament, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin sacramentum, from Latin, oath of allegiance, obligation, from sacrare to consecrate
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a Christian rite (as baptism or the Eucharist) that is believed to have been ordained by Christ and that is held to be a means of divine grace or to be a sign or symbol of a spiritual reality
b. : a religious rite or observance comparable to a Christian sacrament
2. capitalized
a. : communion 2a
b. : Blessed Sacrament
3. : something likened to a religious sacrament
saw voting as a sacrament of democracy