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sacerdotal
| sacerdotalism
| sacerdotalist
| sacerdotally
| saceur
| sachel
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sacerdotal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sacerdotal has 2 senses
- sacerdotal(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests" Derived form noun sacerdotalism1
- sacerdotal(a = adj.pert) hieratic, hieratical, priestly - associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
CIDE DICTIONARY
sacerdotal, 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."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
sacerdotal, adj.
1 of priests or the priestly office; priestly.
2 (of a doctrine etc.) ascribing sacrificial functions and supernatural powers to ordained priests; claiming excessive authority for the priesthood.
1 of priests or the priestly office; priestly.
2 (of a doctrine etc.) ascribing sacrificial functions and supernatural powers to ordained priests; claiming excessive authority for the priesthood.
Derivative
sacerdotalism n. sacerdotalist n. sacerdotally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF sacerdotal or L sacerdotalis f. sacerdos -dotis priest
THESAURUS
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-manneredROGET THESAURUS
sacerdotal
Churchdom
N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.
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