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sacerdotal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sacerdotal \Sac`er*do"tal\, a. [L. sacerdotalis, fr sacerdos -otis, a priest, fr sacer holy, sacred: cf F. sacerdotal.] Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sacerdotal adj 1: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests" 2: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: {priestly}, {hieratic}, {hieratical}]
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