Episcopal vs Sacerdotal - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between episcopal and sacerdotal

is that episcopal is of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches while sacerdotal is of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

As a noun Episcopal

is an adherent of an Anglican church, such as the Scottish Episcopal Church or the Episcopal Church in the United States; properly, an Episcopalian.

episcopal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.

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sacerdotal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

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*: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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