'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]

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