sacerdotal
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌsæsərˈdoʊtəl/
- Formal
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sacerdotal
- Praise we hear for the shrewdness of a British ecclesiastic who purchased a flourishing brothel with sacerdotal funds.
Examples
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John of Wales cites this passage when discussing Christ's sacerdotal garment, which is reddened so that we may "enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh."
Academic text (2006) -
Many ceremonies relied on the sacerdotal authority to ensure they were conducted properly.
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However, Joseph and Nicodemus, not Mary, are the sacerdotal types represented in the image.
Academic text (2005) -
Jacob also wears sacerdotal clothes, the fine clothes taken from Esau.
Academic text (2006) -
Clergy: a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church.
Blog text (10) -
In the sacerdotal theology of the time, an individual might experience an attraction to the religious life, but the call to ordination was to be issued by one's religious superordinates; the first sense of calling, or vocation, came from the inside, the second from the outside.
Academic text (1994) -
No longer mere mantle busts or domesticated herms, his figures take on roles as sacerdotal temple attendants or loyal servants who receive guests.
Fiction book (1992) -
The sacred rituals were led by a sacerdotal figure who dressed in traditional robes.
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In the ancient temple, the sacerdotal duties were performed with great reverence and precision.
Synonyms
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4.8
Relating to priests or their religious duties
About priests and their duties in religious ceremonies
About priests and their work
Calm, serious, and respectful like a religious leader
Relating to the part of a church reserved for priests
How Priestly
Surface Forms
Morphology
sacerdotal = sacerdot + al
The suffix '-al' is a productive English adjectival suffix, but the root 'sacerdot' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word), so the meaning 'priestly' is not transparently derivable by typical learners from familiar English components.
Etymology
Sacerdotal comes from the Latin sacerdos, which means 'priest', and that word is built on sacer, meaning 'sacred', the same idea behind the English word sacred. So, sacerdotal means 'priestly' or 'relating to priests'.