"sacramentalize" meaning in English

See sacramentalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sacramentalizes [present, singular, third-person], sacramentalizing [participle, present], sacramentalized [participle, past], sacramentalized [past]
Etymology: From sacrament. Head templates: {{en-verb}} sacramentalize (third-person singular simple present sacramentalizes, present participle sacramentalizing, simple past and past participle sacramentalized)
  1. (transitive, Christianity) To make sacramental. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-sacramentalize-en-verb-VLltDO6a Topics: Christianity
  2. (transitive, Catholicism) To receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Catholicism, Theology
    Sense id: en-sacramentalize-en-verb-Nwf6Wgel Disambiguation of Theology: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity

Inflected forms

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