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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sacerdotalism \Sac`er*do"tal*ism\, n.
   The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or
   sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal
   order.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sacerdotalism
    n 1: a belief that priests can act as mediators between human
         beings and God