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: the Communion elements
specifically
: the consecrated host
Examples of Blessed Sacrament in a Sentence
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Bishop Gumbleton will lie instate at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, 9844 Woodward Ave.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
The drive provides warm clothing items for families in need at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Blessed Sacrament Church, St. Mary Church, The Convent of Mary Immaculate and The Thomas Merton Center in inner-city Bridgeport.
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Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post, 3 Oct. 2024
The transformation of former churches – like Hill Memorial, Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain, and St. Augustine’s Convent in South Boston – illustrates how adaptive reuse can unite communities in finding solutions to the housing crisis.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2024
Near Los Angeles, the Episcopal Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia partnered with a nonprofit affordable housing developer – National Community Renaissance, also called National CORE – to develop 65 units for older people.
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Nadia A. Mian, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
On their trek to the Capitol, the marchers stopped at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
Nearly every pew was filled with attendees Friday inside downtown’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament as the Catholic Church ordained Auxiliary Bishop Rey Bersabal, who became the fifth Filipino to be ordained as a bishop in the United States.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
And Walton opted for Helix over St. Augustine coming out of Blessed Sacrament — deciding to follow Bruce to their neighborhood high school.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2024
Funeral Mass: The Funeral Mass will commence at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament and will be livestreamed at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrement’s Facebook page.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of Blessed Sacrament was
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“Blessed Sacrament.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Blessed%20Sacrament. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
Blessed Sacrament
noun
Bless·ed Sacrament
ˌbles-əd-
: the objects used in Communion
especially
: host entry 4
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