Definition of Sacerdotal

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

Partainyms: Sacerdotalism
Derivative terms: Sacerdotalism

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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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