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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
  • To that end, the WTO has convened a group of nearly 70 members to negotiate a landmark e‑commerce agreement — the first of its kind — with a first phase expected by the March 2026 ministerial conference.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan’s congress.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Tolkien conceived of the Shire as the quaint, pastoral homeland of the Hobbits, a race of short yet courageous dwellers of the fictional Middle-earth.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Sacerdotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacerdotal. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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