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
There is a recipe for the braised turkey � la Normande that was carved "with sacerdotal majesty" at the Rivebelle restaurant.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
