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sacerdotal
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to priests or to the priesthood; priestly.
Usage examples "sacerdotal":- The Queen, should she annex the Provinces, would certainly be accused by the world of ambition; but the ambition was a noble one, if, by thus consenting to the urgent solicitations of a free people, she extended the region of civil and religious liberty, and raised up a permanent bulwark against sacerdotal and royal absolutism. - "History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete", John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009.
- The very consciousness that there was little in his worldly circumstances to distinguish him from the villagers to whom he preached led him to hold immoderately high the dignity of that sacerdotal office which was his single title to reverence. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- Whatever difficulties it might offer, it was more accessible than the learning which could be acquired only under a Brahman teacher, although the Brahmans in the interests of the sacerdotal caste maintained that philosophy like ritual was a secret to be imparted, not a result to be won by independent thought. - "Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch", Charles Eliot.