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sacerdotal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsæs.ə(ɹ)ˈdəʊ.təl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”).

  1. Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

    ...and so neither is the Silence of the Reformed, and of the Church of England in relation to the Rebaptization of Persons Baptiz'd by Midwives and Laymen, any Argument against their receiving Sacerdotal Baptism; so long as that is the only Baptism which Christ Instituted, and which by his Law every one is bound to receive, who has not yet received it.

    ...some of the figures are costumed in the style of religious art, with flowing sacerdotal garments.