sacerdotalis

Latin

Alternative forms

• sacerdōtiālis

Etymology

Derived from sacerdōs (“priest”) +‎ -ālis (“-al; adjective-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.ker.doːˈtaː.lis/, [s̠äkɛrd̪oːˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.t͡ʃer.doˈta.lis/, [sät͡ʃerd̪oˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

sacerdōtālis (neuter sacerdōtāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to priests, priestly, sacerdotal.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sacerdōtālis	sacerdōtāle		sacerdōtālēs	sacerdōtālia
Genitive	sacerdōtālis			sacerdōtālium
Dative	sacerdōtālī			sacerdōtālibus
Accusative	sacerdōtālem	sacerdōtāle		sacerdōtālēs sacerdōtālīs	sacerdōtālia
Ablative	sacerdōtālī			sacerdōtālibus
Vocative	sacerdōtālis	sacerdōtāle		sacerdōtālēs	sacerdōtālia

Related terms

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtium
• sacerdōtula
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum
• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātē
• sacrātiō
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer
• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

Descendants

• Catalan: sacerdotal
• English: sacerdotal
• French: sacerdotal
• Galician: sacerdotal
• Italian: sacerdotale
• Portuguese: sacerdotal
• Romanian: sacerdotal
• Spanish: sacerdotal

Noun

sacerdōtālis m (genitive sacerdōtālis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Someone who has filled a priestly office or is of priestly rank.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacerdōtālis	sacerdōtālēs
Genitive	sacerdōtālis	sacerdōtālium
Dative	sacerdōtālī	sacerdōtālibus
Accusative	sacerdōtālem	sacerdōtālēs sacerdōtālīs
Ablative	sacerdōtāle	sacerdōtālibus
Vocative	sacerdōtālis	sacerdōtālēs

References

• “sacerdotalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacerdotalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sacerdotalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.