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[syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sacerdotal \Sac`er*do"tal\, a. [L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos,
-otis, a priest, fr. sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.]
Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests;
relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity;
sacerdotal functions.
[1913 Webster]
The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the
ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to
intellectual superiority. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sacerdotal
adj 1: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal
emphasis on the authority of priests"
2: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: priestly,
hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "sacerdotal":
abbatial, abbatical, apostolic, archiepiscopal, canonical,
capitular, capitulary, ceremonial, ceremonious, churchly, clerical,
conventional, decorous, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal,
episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, liturgic, ministerial, papal,
pastoral, pompous, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish,
priestly, rabbinic, religious, ritual, ritualistic, solemn,
stately, ultramontane, well-mannered