The Term Sacrament in Christian Language

We have encountered the term "sacrament" many times and according to the dictionary, here's what it means:

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sacrament

• visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
• ( often initial capital letter ) Also called Holy Sacrament. the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.
• the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread.
• something regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
• a sign, token, or symbol.
• an oath; solemn pledge.

Sacrament comes from the Latin word "sacra" which means to devote. The ones that have been highlighted would perfectly show how a Baptist views the word "sacrament" meaning that it differs from the Catholic/Orthodox definitions that were not being emphasized by bold lettering are but heretical when salvation by the sacraments is taught.

On the other hand, when one can say, "Baptists believe in the two sacraments- baptism and the Lord's supper. Baptism is the sacrament that is a sign of salvation, that in where the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is being portrayed but it does not save, rather baptism happens only because a person got saved. The Lord's supper as a sacrament is a symbolic remembrance of what He did for us." then it really differs from sacramental salvation which requires sacraments to getting saved.

So therefore it is illogical to say that just because a word does not appear in the Bible then it's not biblical if it has the meaning that resembles to the definition of the Bible. There will be more coming soon!