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

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

That sacerdotal view has altered in recent years.

From Washington Post

In financial circles, he has an almost sacerdotal distinction.

From Time Magazine Archive

I added, that the existence of an hereditary caste of warriors among the Cainites was possible, and even probable; though not so, in my opinion, the existence of an hereditary sacerdotal caste.

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