sacramentalize

Etymology

From sacramental + -ize.

sacramentalize means To make sacramental. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To make sacramental.“Jack now sought to have their marriage sacramentalized, but the bishop refused.”
To receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church.“A majority of American Catholics have been "sacramentalized," but never catechized or evangelized.”