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

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

The red hat itself is a badge of honor, not of sacerdotal rank.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a recipe for the braised turkey � la Normande that was carved "with sacerdotal majesty" at the Rivebelle restaurant.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this does not constitute a really sacerdotal dominion, and the term theocracy is as little applicable to such an order of things, as to the Greek Patriarchate in the Turkish empire.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich