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.
Derivatives:
sacramentalism n. sacramentalist n. sacramentality n. sacramentally adv.
Etymology: ME f. F sacramental or LL sacramentalis (as SACRAMENT)