sacerdotal

English

Etymology

From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (priestly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsæs.ə(ɹ)ˈdəʊ.təl/, sometimes /ˌsæ.kə(ɹ)ˈdəʊ.təl/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtəl

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, The Atlantic:
      ...some of the figures are costumed in the style of religious art, with flowing sacerdotal garments.
    • 1885–1886, Henry James, The Bostonians [], London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 16 February 1886, →OCLC:
      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.

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Translations

References

  1. sacerdotal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. sacerdotal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.sɛʁ.dɔ.tal/
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Adjective

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

  1. priestly

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Latin sacerdōtālis.

Adjective

sacerdotal m or f (plural sacerdotais)

  1. priestly

Further reading

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtālis, from sacerdōs (priest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sat͡seɾdoˈtal/

Adjective

sacerdotal (plural sacerdotales)

  1. priestly
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 46r:
      e depues ueno ſaul. ⁊ enop. e p̃ſo eſtos ſacerdotes e mato dent .Lxxx. ⁊ .v. reueſtidos de ſac̃dotal ueſtimienta
      And then came Saul to Nob. And he took these priests and killed therein eighty-five men dressed in the priestly garments.

Descendants

  • Spanish: sacerdotal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtālis.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈtaw/ [sa.seɦ.doˈtaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sa.seɾ.doˈtaw/ [sa.seɾ.doˈtaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈtaw/ [sa.seʁ.doˈtaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.seɻ.doˈtaw/ [sa.seɻ.doˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈtal/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈta.li/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈta.li]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧cer‧do‧tal

Adjective

sacerdotal m or f (plural sacerdotais)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdotalis. By surface analysis, sacerdot + -al.

Adjective

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

  1. sacerdotal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (priestly), from sacerdōs (priest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /saθeɾdoˈtal/ [sa.θeɾ.ð̞oˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /saseɾdoˈtal/ [sa.seɾ.ð̞oˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧tal

Adjective

sacerdotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacerdotales)

  1. sacerdotal

Further reading

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