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sacramentalize en · VERB

Etymology

From sacramental + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make sacramental.
   • Jack now sought to have their marriage sacramentalized, but the bishop refused. 2008, Marie A. Conn, C.S. Lewis and Human Suffering: Light Among the Shadows, HiddenSpring, page 18:
   • Marriage is the only human relationship that is, or will ever be, sacramentalized. 2014, John Clark, “A Wedding Toast: Marriage, the Only Sacramentalized Relationship”, in Seton Magazine:
2. (transitive) To receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
   • A majority of American Catholics have been "sacramentalized," but never catechized or evangelized. 2019, Kathy Schiffer, Sacramentalized But Not Evangelized? Maybe You Just Forgot!, National Catholic Register:

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