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Sacerdotal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.

adj. Of or relating to sacerdotalism.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to priests or the priesthood; priestly: as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions or garments; sacerdotal character.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism

adj. associated with the priesthood or priests

Word Usage

"There is in them also something which recalls, not only by citations, but still more by the very inspiration of the thought, that which we call the sacerdotal prayer of Christ."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

priesty

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

priestly pontifical ecclesiastical papal nuptial