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sac⋅er⋅do⋅tal

  [sas-er-doht-l]
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–adjective
of priests; priestly.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L sacerdōtālis, equiv. to sacerdōt- (s. of sacerdōs) priest + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
sac⋅er⋅do⋅tal⋅ly, adverb
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sac·er·do·tal   (sās'ər-dōt'l, sāk'-)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly.
  2. Of or relating to sacerdotalism.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacerdōtālis, from sacerdōs, sacerdōt-, priest; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]
sac'er·do'tal·ly adv.
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Sacerdotal

Sac`er*do"tal\, a. [L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr. sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.] 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sacerdotal
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sacerdotal 
c.1400, from O.Fr. sacerdotal, from L. sacerdotalis "of or pertaining to a priest," from sacerdos (gen. sacerdotis) "priest," lit. "offerer of sacrifices," from sacer "holy" + stem of dare "to give" (see date (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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