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" Latin word sacramentum, which signifies an oath, particularly the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their country and general. — The word was adopted b'y the writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances of religion by which Christians... "
A Dictionary of English Synonymes ... - Page 169
by John Platts - 1845 - 300 pages
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A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious ..., Volume 2

Charles Buck - Christianity - 1807 - 508 pages
...a great deal of austeiity and penance. SACRAMENT is derived from the Latin word sacramentum, which signifies an oath, particularly the oath taken by...word was adopted b'y the writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances of religion by which Christians came under an obligation of obedience to...
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A Theological Dictionary, Volume 2

Charles Buck - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...a great deal of austerity and penance. SACRAMENT is derived from the Latin word sacramenttim, which signifies an oath, particularly the oath taken by...word was adopted by the writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances of religion by which Christians came under an obligation of obedience to...
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Fifty-two lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England. To ..., Volume 3

sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 408 pages
...solemnly made to fulfil some certain purpose ; and as the word was used more particularly to denote the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their country and commander, it has been employed by Christian writers to signify baptism and the Lord's Supper; these...
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A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms, a ...

Charles Buck - Theology - 1821 - 616 pages
...a great deal of austerity and penance. SACRAMENT is derived from the Latin word sacranienlum, which signifies an oath, particularly the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their co mtry and general. — The word was adopted by the writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances...
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A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A ...

Charles Buck - Bible - 1823 - 614 pages
...SACRAMENT is derived from the Latin u ord sacramentum, which vignifies an oath, particularly the oath t. km by soldiers to be true to their country and general.—...word was adopted, by the writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances of religion by which Christians came under an obligation uf obedience to...
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A theological dictionary, containing definitions of all religious terms ...

Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 pages
...is thrived from the Latin word sacramrntum, which signifies an oath, particularly the'uath taken hy soldiers to be true to their country and general. — The word was adopted by lite writers of the Latin church, to denote those ordinances of religion by which Christians came under...
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An Etymological and Explanatory Dictionary of Words Derived from the Latin ...

Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...from sacramentum, an oath, particularly that which the soldiers took, to be true to their commanders. The word was adopted by the writers of the Latin church, and employed to denote certain ordinances of religion. Sacrifice, from samficium, (sacrum, sacreil, facio, I make,) an offering...
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The Religion of the Reformation, as Exhibited in the Thirty-nine Articles of ...

Maria Stevens - 1826 - 526 pages
...equal rank with the two christian sacraments. The term sacrament is derived from a latin word which signifies an oath, — particularly the oath taken by soldiers, to be true to their king and country. It has been adopted by christians, because it suitably expresses that solemn obligation,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 19

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...liisson, and the chief of his officers. Adrtium. SACRAMENT is derived from the Latin sacramentum, which signifies an oath, particularly the oath taken by...soldiers to be true to their country and general. The words of it, according to Polybius were, obtemperaturus sum et facturus quicquid mandnbitur ab imperatoribus...
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