| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sacerdotal |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sac·er·do·tal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s s  r-d t l, sk- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly. 2. Of or relating to sacerdotalism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacerdt lis, from sacerds, sacerdt-, priest. See sak- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sacer·dotal·ly —ADVERB
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