About The Word Sacerdotal
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Sacerdotal
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What's The Definition Of Sacerdotal?
[adj] associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
[adj] of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sacerdotal: hieratic | hieratical | priestly Related Terms | Find terms related to Sacerdotal: See Also | Sacerdotal In Webster's Dictionary \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.
The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the
ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to
intellectual superiority. --Macaulay.
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