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sacramentalizing

sacramentalizing is the present participle and gerund of sacramentalize.

Meaning of sacramentalize

Verb

sacramentalize (third-person singular simple present sacramentalizes, present participle sacramentalizing, simple past and past participle sacramentalized)

  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
  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

Questions about sacramentalizing

What is sacramentalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Sacramentalizing is the present participle and gerund of sacramentalize.

Words near sacramentalizing in the dictionary

  1. sacramentalities
  2. sacramentality
  3. sacramentalize
  4. sacramentalized
  5. sacramentalizes
  6. sacramentalizing
  7. sacramentally
  8. sacramentalness
  9. sacramentals
  10. Sacramentan
  11. Sacramentans

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