different between ministerial vs sacerdotal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.??sti?.i.?l/

Adjective

ministerial (comparative more ministerial, superlative most ministerial)

1. Related to a religious minister or ministry.
2. Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
3. Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
4. (especially law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).

   Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.

Synonyms

• (serving as an instrument or means): instrumental

Derived terms

• ministerially

Related terms

• minister
• ministry
• ministerium

Translations

Noun

ministerial (plural ministerials)

1. (historical) A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.

Translations

Anagrams

• matrilinies

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ministerial (masculine and feminine plural ministerials)

1. ministerial

Portuguese

Adjective

ministerial m or f (plural ministeriais, comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) ministerial (related to a religious minister or ministry)
2. (government) ministerial (related to a governmental minister or ministry)
3. ministerial (having the power to wield delegated executive authority)

Related terms

• ministério
• ministro

Romanian

Etymology

From French ministériel

Adjective

ministerial m or n (feminine singular ministerial?, masculine plural ministeriali, feminine and neuter plural ministeriale)

1. ministerial

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

ministerial (plural ministeriales)

1. ministerial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerd?t?lis (“priestly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæs.?(?)?d??.t?l/, sometimes /?sæ.k?(?)?d??.t?l/
• Rhymes: -??t?l

Adjective

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 in The Atlantic:

     ...some of the figures are costumed in the style of religious art, with flowing sacerdotal garments.

   • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians:

     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. He looked like the priest of a religion that was passing through the stage of miracles; he carried his responsibility in the general elongation of his person, of his gestures (his hands were now always in the air, as if he were being photographed in postures), of his words and sentences, as well as in his smile, as noiseless as a patent hinge, and in the folds of his eternal waterproof.

Synonyms

• hieratic (Grecian)
• priestly

Derived terms

• sacerdotalism
• sacerdotally

Translations

References

Anagrams

• crateloads

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotalis.

Adjective

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

1. priestly

Further reading

• “sacerdotal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sacerd?t?lis, from sacerd?s (“priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.t?se?.ðo?tal]

Adjective

sacerdotal (plural sacerdotales)

1. priestly
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 46r.

Related terms

• sacerdocio
• sacerdote

Descendants

• Spanish: sacerdotal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotalis.

Adjective

sacerdotal m or f (plural sacerdotais, comparable)

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

Related terms

• sacerdote

Romanian

Etymology

From French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdotalis.

Adjective

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

1. sacerdotal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sacerdotal, from Latin sacerd?t?lis (“priestly”), from sacerd?s (“priest”).

Adjective

sacerdotal (plural sacerdotales)

1. sacerdotal

Related terms

• sacerdote