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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

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

The Wickliffite doctrines adopted by Huss were triumphant, and the pressure of central authority being removed, men were naturally using the unaccustomed liberty to develop further and further the ruling hostility to the sacerdotal system.

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