Sacerdotal Definition

săsər-dōtl, săk-
adjective
Of priests or the office of priest; priestly.
Webster's New World
Characterized by belief in the divine authority of the priesthood.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to sacerdotalism.
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Origin of Sacerdotal

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin sacerdōtālis from sacerdōs sacerdōt- priest sak- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly").

    From Wiktionary

Sacerdotal Sentence Examples

  • It thus became in a high degree symbolical of the exaltation of the sacerdotal power.

  • They were unanimous in rejecting the episcopacy of the Church of Rome, the sanctity of celibacy, the sacerdotal character of the ministry, the confessional, the propitiatory nature of the mass.

  • The Udgatri's duties being mainly confined to the chanting of hymns made up of detached groups of verses of the Rigveda, as collected in the Samaveda-samhita, the more important Brahmanas of this sacerdotal class deal chiefly with the various modes of chanting, and the modifications which the verses have to undergo in their musical setting.

  • In the Catholic Church bishops take rank at the head of the sacerdotal hierarchy, and have certain spiritual powers peculiar to their office, but opinion has long been divided as to whether they constitute a separate order or form merely a higher degree of the order of priests (ordo sacerdotium).

  • They don the sacerdotal garments, reverse side out.

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