— sacramentally , adv. — sacramentalness, sacramentality , n.
/sak'reuh men"tl/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a sacrament, esp. the sacrament of the Eucharist.
2. powerfully binding: a sacramental obligation.
n.
3. Rom. Cath. Ch. an action, as the sign of the cross, a ceremony resembling a sacrament, or a sacred object, regarded as being instituted by the church rather than by Christ and serving as a means of receiving sanctifying grace.
[ 1350-1400; ME sacramentalis. See SACRAMENT, -AL 1 ]