sacerdotal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism
    • sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests
  2. adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
    priestly; hieratical; hieratic.
    • priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
    • hieratic gestures

WordNet

Sac`er*do"tal adjective
Etymology
L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr.sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.
Definitions
  1. 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 1913