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sacerdotally

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From sacerdotal + -ly.

  1. In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest.

    1720, Samuel Parker, Biblioteca Biblica, Oxford: William and John Innys, Volume I, Part 2, Occasional Annotation 30, “The Pillar of Jacob,” p. 608, […] first he Blessed the Place Sacerdotally, setting it apart by Solemn Rites for a Place of Divine Worship […]

    Some ladies went a dozen times in the day to hear mass, but paid little attention to what was going on sacerdotally.