different between sacerdotal vs sacerdocy

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

English

Etymology

From Latin sacerdotium (“the priesthood”), from sacerdos (“a priest”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Noun

sacerdocy (plural sacerdocies)

1. (obsolete) the priesthood
2. (obsolete) a priestly office or character

Related terms

• sacerdotal
• sacerdotalism
• sacerdotical

Further reading

• sacerdocy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sacerdocy at OneLook Dictionary Search