sacerdotal

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In December 1984, Rev. Cardenal was expelled from the Jesuit order and was suspended from conducting sacerdotal duties until further notice.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2016

Surrealism's whole mode of attack�the manifestoes, shock treatment and sacerdotal gesticulation�was based on an idea of the artist as public figure, the Anti-Priest, to which Cornell did not subscribe.

From Time Magazine Archive

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

Celibacy advocates argue also that a priest is, or should be, a man set apart from the passions and concerns of ordinary men, and abstention from marriage is a proper sign of his sacerdotal distinction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ce fut aussi selon le rite de l'�trurie, pays sacerdotal, que Romulus, suivant en cela l'usage �tabli dans les cit�s latines, fit consacer l'enceinte de la ville nouvelle.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.