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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
  • Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The plaintiffs claim his acts denied access to justice, violated ministerial duties and undermined the public’s trust.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rowland wrote these tunes surrounded by that pastoral beauty.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The answer isn’t to toggle back and forth between going all out and retreating into pastoral fantasies, but to recognize that for everything, there is a season.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Sacerdotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacerdotal. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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