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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sacerdotal

· Sac·er·do·tal · IPA /ˌsæs.ə(ɹ)ˈdəʊ.təl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.
  1. 1.
    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.” Macaulay.