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

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

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

But a consecrated falsehood—whether sacerdotal, political, or social—is some day smitten, as the giant of old, in the forehead, and falls headlong.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey