Sacerdotal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the
           ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to
           intellectual superiority.                --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "sacerdotal":
     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