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sacerdotal

[ sas-er-doht-l ]

adjective

  1. of priests; priestly.


sacerdotal

/ ˌæəˈəʊə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of priests
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈdzٲ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sacerdotal1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ō, equivalent to ō- (stem of ō ) priest + - -al 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sacerdotal1

C14: from Latin ō, from ō priest, from sacer sacred
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Example Sentences

Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.

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Actually, the sole benefit of Trump’s election would be in making the presidency’s sacerdotal role — the nation’s moral tutor — terminally ludicrous.

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In December 1984, Rev. Cardenal was expelled from the Jesuit order and was suspended from conducting sacerdotal duties until further notice.

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“The sacerdotal gun did not go off,” The Brooklyn Eagle reported.

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Any serious collector will recognize this sacerdotal feeling — though I, being primarily a reader, prefer first editions I won’t be afraid to handle or even scribble in and make my own.

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