SACRAMENT, n. A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of authority and significance are attached. Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all -- for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "SACRAMENT, n. A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of authority and significance are attached. Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all -- for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned."

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Afford	Attached	Authority	Ceremony
Churches	Damned	Degrees	Economy
Feel	Indubitable	Inferior	Mean
Prosperous	Protestant	Religious	Rome
Sacrament	Sacraments	Sanctity	Sects
Seven	Several	Significance	Smaller
Solemn	These

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