sacerdotal

sac·er·do·tal

adjective \ˌsa-sər-ˈdō-t^əl, ˌsa-kər-\

Definition of SACERDOTAL

1

: of or relating to priests or a priesthood : priestly <sacerdotal robes> <sacerdotal authority>

2

: of, relating to, or suggesting sacerdotalism

— sac·er·do·tal·ly \-t^əl-ē\ adverb

Examples of SACERDOTAL

1. <sacerdotal garments such as a cassock and miter>

Origin of SACERDOTAL

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin sacerdotalis, from sacerdot-, sacerdos priest, from sacer sacred + -dot-, -dos (akin to facere to make) — more at sacred, do

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to SACERDOTAL

Synonyms

clerkly, ministerial, pastoral, priestly, clerical

Antonyms

lay, nonclerical, secular, temporal

Related Words

evangelical (also evangelic), missionary; apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical; churchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical; divine, holy, religious, sacramental; conventual, mendicant, monachal, monastic; caliphal, rabbinic (or rabbinical)

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with SACERDOTAL

anecdotal, antidotal