Synonyms of sacerdotal

sacerdotal

adjective

ˌsa-sər-ˈdō-tᵊl 

as in ministerial

of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy

sacerdotal garments such as a cassock and miter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ministerial
• pastoral
• clerical
• priestly
• ecclesiastical
• missionary
• ecclesiastic
• apostolic
• religious
• clerkly
• episcopal
• evangelical
• divine
• papal
• pontifical
• diocesan
• sacramental
• monastic
• patriarchal
• canonical
• churchly
• diaconal
• holy
• conventual
• mendicant
• rabbinic
• caliphal
• monachal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secular
• temporal
• lay
• nonclerical

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sacerdotal

Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal. — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022

Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it. — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017

The brand inspires a sacerdotal devotion in many of its workers (its archives contain the papers of one of the atelier’s premieres, or heads, who served from 1947 to 1990). — Matthew Schneier, New York Times, 1 July 2017

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