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.
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.
