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

Such were the sacerdotal vestments of the initiate "collegian."

From Time Magazine Archive

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

Early sacerdotal portraits of this kind are seldom seen in the West, because most of the surviving ones remain in their temples and are the most sacred of cult objects.

From Time Magazine Archive

In towns, parochial limits are practically unknown or ignored, and families, or individuals, attend whatever church or chapel they please, no one preventing them, thus making all exercise of sacerdotal authority impracticable.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John