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Sacerdotal

//ˌsæs.ə(ɹ)ˈdəʊ.təl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

    "...and so neither is the Silence of the Reformed, and of the Church of England in relation to the Rebaptization of Persons Baptiz'd by Midwives and Laymen, any Argument against their receiving Sacerdotal Baptism; so long as that is the only Baptism which Christ Instituted, and which by his Law every one is bound to receive, who has not yet received it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    associated with the priesthood or priests wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”).

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