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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism;
- Example: "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"

2. associated with the priesthood or priests;
- Example: "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"
- Example: "hieratic gestures"
[syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, sacerdotal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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