Fr. Ed's Sacerdotal Anniversary_priests

Fr. Ed's Sacerdotal Anniversary_priests
Fr. Ed with Priests

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sacerdotal

Sacerdotal 
  1. 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. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority.
  2. of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"
  3. associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:priestlyhieratichieratical]

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