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Stage 1 of 4
sacer
Latin · ancient
"holy, consecrated"
holy, consecrated
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Stage 2 of 4
sacramentum
Latin · ancient
"an oath, a sacred obligation"
an oath, a sacred obligation, from sacer
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Stage 3 of 4
sacrament
Old French · medieval
"a sacred religious rite"
carried into French for a sacred religious rite
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Stage 4 of 4
sacrament
English · 1200s
"a formal religious rite regarded as sacred"
settled as the English word for a formal religious rite regarded as sacred
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