sacerdotal
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Adjective (2)
- of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism“sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests”Relating to sacerdotalism
- associated with the priesthood or priests“priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments”“hieratic gestures”Synonyms: priestlyhieratichieraticalRelating to priesthood
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sac′er·do′tal adjective
Origin: 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.
The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54