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

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

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

His idea of public art, though secular and materialist, turned out to possess an immense sacerdotal gravity: it could stand in for religious icons.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this was possible for the layman without sacerdotal observance.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles