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

Jan. 1�Publication of Pope Pius XI's first encyclical since the Lateran treaties, giving thanks for his sacerdotal jubilee.

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

The sacerdotal clan immediately fell into their proper rank in society—a very humble one—but the arrival of the missionaries deprived the new state-made priesthood of a fair trial.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil