sacramentary
adjective, noun
sacramentary is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of Sacramentary (“Sacramentarian”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does sacramentary mean?
adjective
- 1
archaicArchaic form of sacramental (“of or pertaining a sacrament or the sacraments”).
- 2
Alternative form of Sacramentary (“Sacramentarian”).
noun
- 1
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, containing the rites for Mass, the sacraments, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sacramentary
- sacramentaries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sacramentary?
Sacramentary appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Sacramentary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ancient book containing the rites for Mass, the sacraments, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sacramentaire |
| German | Sakramentar, Sacramentarium |
| Portuguese | sacramentário |
| Spanish | sacramentario |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sacramentary come from?
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin sacramentarium; compare French sacramentaire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).