Category:Sacerdotal

Sac`er*do"tal, a. Etym: [l. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a Priest, fr.sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.]

Defn: of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; Relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; Sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which Naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay.