sacerdotal

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.]

sacerdotally sac'er·do'tal·ly adv.

IN BRIEF: Priestly, holy.

They [the Puritans] established sacerdotal ordination on the foundation of the Bible and common sense. — John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd U.S. president. From Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law, 1765.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism
  Pertains to noun: sacerdotalism (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: associated with the priesthood or priests
  Synonyms: priestly, hieratic, hieratical
  Pertains to noun: priesthood (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - præstelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
priesterlijk

Français (French)
adj. - sacerdotal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - priesterlich, Priester-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιερατικός

Italiano (Italian)
sacerdotale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sacerdotal (m)

Русский (Russian)
священнический, жреческий, признающий божественность власти духовенства

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sacerdotal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - prästerlig, präst-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
僧侣的, 祭司制度的, 祭司的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 僧侶的, 祭司制度的, 祭司的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성직자의, 성권 존중의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 聖職者の, 聖職尊重の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خاص بالكهنه, كهنوتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מייחסת כוחות על-טבעיים לכוהני-דת (תיאוריה), כוהני, של אנשי-דת‬

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