as in ministerial
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
sacerdotal garments such as a cassock and miter
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Recent Examples of sacerdotal
Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacerdotal
Adjective
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Rather than call police, the denomination’s state district council suspended his ministerial credentials and placed him in a two-year restoration program, which included meetings with a psychologist.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The city is reviewing a ministerial building permit application for a 250-foot, 23-story tower on Turquoise Street.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Into this pastoral scene of modern irrigation and baseball training sweeps Walter Matthau, driving a big, old, shambolic convertible, well past its prime but, like its driver, still possessing more than a bit of charm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bloody battles raged throughout the fall of 1863 along the banks of the Tennessee River, in pastoral valleys, and on the flanks of Lookout Mountain, a long, craggy ridge overlooking the city.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Sacerdotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacerdotal. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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