▸ adjective relating to or constituting a sacrament or the sacraments:
it fuses the historical Passion story with its sacramental meaning
a native sacramental tradition
sacramental confession.
▪ attaching great importance to sacraments:
Catholic theology, incarnational and sacramental.
▸ noun an observance analogous to but not reckoned among the sacraments, such as the use of holy water or the sign of the cross.