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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. 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
  • In an act of prime ministerial ventriloquism, Prime Minister Mark Carney had Charles deliver Canada’s throne speech, a ceremony in which elected politicians sit humbly in the presence of a ceremonial figurehead who reads words written by the politician who is actually in charge.
    Stephen Maher, Time, 27 May 2025
  • The opening of federal work following the Civil Rights Movement provided an alternative to manual labor, teaching or ministerial work in the form of white-collar jobs and skills training that many took into private sector jobs.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • The place just seems to be a charming pastoral town inhabited entirely by stunt people in tactical gear and mountain wear.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 June 2025
  • In a blurb, Denise Newman says of this translation from the original Danish, Duncan Wiese’s subversive pastoral Tityrus shows how fraught life has become for the Arcadian shepherds among us.
    Diana Arterian June 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025

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“Sacerdotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacerdotal. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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