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Definition of Sacerdotal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism. "Sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"

2. Adjective. Associated with the priesthood or priests. "Hieratic gestures"

Definition of Sacerdotal

1. a. Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.

Definition of Sacerdotal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly. ¹

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Definition of Sacerdotal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacerdotal

sacculus lacrimalis sacculus laryngis sacculus proprius sacculus vestibuli saccus saccus conjunctivae saccus endolymphaticus saccus lacrimalis saccus reuniens sacella

sacellum sacer vates sacerdocies sacerdocy sacerdotal (current term) sacerdotalism sacerdotalisms sacerdotalist sacerdotalists sacerdotalize

sacerdotalized sacerdotalizing sacerdotally sacerdotical sachaline sachel sachels sachem sachemdom

Literary usage of Sacerdotal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"ANTI-sacerdotal SECTS and to a more spiritual conception of religion, was, ... I. Among these phenomena is to be mentioned the rise of anti-sacerdotal sects ..."

2. A History of Political Theories, Ancient and Mediaeval by William Archibald Dunning (1921)
"The Argument for sacerdotal Preeminence In the centuries during which the clash of the powers was most intense, the social and intellectual conditions were ..."

3. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"The sacerdotal order, though numerous, was not distinguished by any peculiar badge or costume from the rest of the nation. ..."

4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"... on spiritual tive is the determination of the sum of the sacerdotal income, ... or fifteen francs for each sacerdotal household; this includes all the ..."

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