'Sacerdotal' definitions:
Definition of 'sacerdotal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"
adjective
Associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
Definition of 'Sacerdotal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sacerdotal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbatial,
- abbatical,
- apostolic,
- archiepiscopal,
- canonical,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonious,
- churchly,
- clerical,
- conventional,
- decorous,
- ecclesiastic,
- ecclesiastical,
- episcopal,
- episcopalian,
- evangelistic,
- hieratic,
- liturgic,
- ministerial,
- papal,
- pastoral,
- pompous,
- prelatial,
- prelatic,
- priest-ridden,
- priestish,
- priestly,
- rabbinic,
- religious,
- ritual,
- ritualistic,
- solemn,
- stately,
- ultramontane,
- well-mannered