#sacrament a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it
supertype: #religious_ceremony__religiousceremony__religious_ritual__religiousritual a ceremony having religious meaning
subtype: #sacrament_of_the_Eucharist__Eucharist__Holy_Sacrament__Liturgy__Eucharistic_liturgy__Lord's_Supper a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
subtype: #matrimony the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
subtype: #baptism a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
subtype: #affusion__pouring the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
subtype: #sprinkling__aspersion the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
subtype: #immersion a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
subtype: #christening giving a Christian name at baptism
subtype: #confirmation.sacrament a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
subtype: #penance a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
subtype: #confession (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
subtype: #shrift the act of being shriven
subtype: #anointing_of_the_sick__extreme_unction__extremeunction__last_rites a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
subtype: #holy_orders the sacrament of ordination
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