n. The belief that priests can act as mediators between God and mankind
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The sacerdotal system or spirit; the methods or spirit of the priesthood; devotion to the interests or system of the priesthood; in a bad sense, priestcraft.
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n. a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
Word Usage
"We properly apply the term sacerdotalism to any system the spirit of which seeks to place a human being in any intermediate character between God and man."