Sacramentarian
[ sak-ruh-men-tair-ee-uh n ]
/ ˌsæk rə mɛnˈtɛər i ən /
noun
a person who maintains that the Eucharistic elements have only symbolic significance and are not corporeal manifestations of Christ.
(lowercase)
a sacramentalist.
adjective
of or relating to the Sacramentarians.
(lowercase)
of or relating to the sacraments.
OTHER WORDS FROM Sacramentarian
Sac·ra·men·tar·i·an·ism, noun un·sac·ra·men·tar·i·an, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for sacramentarian
The main difference was in the attitude to the Roman allegiance and to the sacramentarian system.
An element of truth does indeed underlie the sacramentarian interpretation of Paul.
The Origin of Paul's Religion |J. Gresham MachenI am a poor Sacramentarian, and can hardly recollect what I have hitherto lived on, it was so bloody-desperate little.
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) |Jean Paul Friedrich RichterSacramentarian, a High Churchman who attaches a special sacred virtue to the sacraments of the Church.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood
British Dictionary definitions for sacramentarian
Sacramentarian
/ (ˌsækrəmɛnˈtɛərɪən) /
noun
any Protestant theologian, such as Zwingli, who maintained that the bread and wine of the Eucharist were the body and blood of Christ only in a figurative sense and denied His real presence in these elements
one who believes in sacramentalism
adjective
of or relating to Sacramentarians
(not capital)
of or relating to sacraments