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sacerdotal

English

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Etymology

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

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sacerdotal (comparative more sacerdotal, superlative most sacerdotal)

  1. (religion) Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
    • 1711, Roger Laurence, Sacerdotal Powers:
      ...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.
    • 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:
      ...some of the figures are costumed in the style of religious art, with flowing sacerdotal garments.
    • 1885–1886, Henry James, The Bostonians […], London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 16 February 1886, →OCLC:
      Verena's initial appearance in Boston, as he called her performance at Miss Birdseye's, had been a great success; and this reflection added, as I say, to his habitually sacerdotal expression.

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References

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  1. ^ “sacerdotal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “sacerdotal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacerdotālis.

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  • IPA(key): /sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal/
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Adjective

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sacerdotal (feminine sacerdotale, masculine plural sacerdotaux, feminine plural sacerdotales)

  1. priestly

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin sacerdōtālis.

Adjective

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sacerdotal m or f (plural sacerdotais)

  1. priestly
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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtālis, from sacerdōs (“priest”).

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sacerdotal (plural sacerdotales)

  1. priestly
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 46r:
      e depues ueno ſaul. ⁊ enop. e p̃ſo eſtos ſacerdotes e mato dent .Lxxx. ⁊ .v. reueſtidos de ſac̃dotal ueſtimienta
      And then came Saul to Nob. And he took these priests and killed therein eighty-five men dressed in the priestly garments.
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Descendants

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  • Spanish: sacerdotal

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtālis.

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈtal/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈta.li/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈta.li]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧cer‧do‧tal

Adjective

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sacerdotal m or f (plural sacerdotais)

  1. (religion) sacerdotal (relating to priests or a high religious order)
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdotalis. By surface analysis, sacerdot +‎ -al.

Adjective

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sacerdotal m or n (feminine singular sacerdotală, masculine plural sacerdotali, feminine and neuter plural sacerdotale)

  1. sacerdotal

Declension

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Declension of sacerdotal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite sacerdotal sacerdotală sacerdotali sacerdotale
definite sacerdotalul sacerdotala sacerdotalii sacerdotalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite sacerdotal sacerdotale sacerdotali sacerdotale
definite sacerdotalului sacerdotalei sacerdotalilor sacerdotalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”), from sacerdōs (“priest”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /saθeɾdoˈtal/ [sa.θeɾ.ð̞oˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saseɾdoˈtal/ [sa.seɾ.ð̞oˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧tal

Adjective

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sacerdotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacerdotales)

  1. sacerdotal
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