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Sacerdotal vs Sacerdocy - What's the difference?

sacerdotal | sacerdocy | Related terms |

Sacerdocy is a related term of sacerdotal.



As an adjective sacerdotal

is of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

As a noun sacerdocy is

the priesthood.

sacerdotal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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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    sacerdocy

    English

    Noun

    (sacerdocies)
  • (obsolete) the priesthood
  • (obsolete) a priestly office or character