Clerical vs Sacerdotal - What's the difference?
clerical | sacerdotal | Related terms |
of or relating to clerks or their work
* 1899 ,
*:‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’
of or relating to the clergy
Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
* 1886 , , 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.
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