Sacerdotal

There is in them also something which recalls, not only by citations, but still more by the very inspiration of the thought, that which we call the sacerdotal prayer of Christ. ❋ Paul Sabatier (1893)

Their enumeration among abuses, in the second place, of the celibacy of the clergy, and the manner in which their priests marry and persuade others to marry, are verily matters worthy of astonishment, since they call sacerdotal celibacy an abuse, when that which is directly contrary, the violation of celibacy and the illicit transition to marriage, deserves to be called the worst abuse in priests. ❋ Johann Michael Reu (1906)

Comte had also no small sympathy with the Oriental theocracies, as he calls the sacerdotal castes, who indeed often deserved it by their early services to intellect and civilization; by the aid they gave to the establishment of regular government, the valuable though empirical knowledge they accumulated, and the height to which they helped to carry some of the useful arts. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

And that city was also sacerdotal, that is to say, sanctuary of the tribe of ❋ Unknown (2004)

He acts not in virtue of any magical powers inherent in himself, either as an individual or as a member of any so-called sacerdotal caste. ❋ Unknown (1922)

The "sacerdotal" or "ministerial" priesthood, which is a manifestation of the hierarchy's Petrine charism of teaching, sanctifying, and governing authority, exists solely to serve and facilitate the Marian charism of all believers. ❋ Mike L (2006)

To associate its spiritual or "sacerdotal" function with its national one "is to be considered as ... a mis-growth of ignorance and oppression." ❋ Unknown (1999)

The poems always are spoken of as 'sacerdotal', ritualistic, without the slightest attempt to see whether this be true of all or of some alone. ❋ Edward Washburn Hopkins (1894)

The origin of their name is involved in great difficulties, but the most satisfactory conjecture is that the Sadducees or Zadokites were originally identical with the sons of Zadok, and constituted what may be termed a kind of sacerdotal aristocracy, this Zadok being the priest who declared in favor of Solomon when Abiathar took the part of Adonijah. ❋ Unknown (1884)

As propinquity would have it, Muslims just the other day offered an example of what he would have burned holes his typewriter ribbon exposing as unnecessarily sacrosanct, "sacerdotal," and a candidate for ribald and deserved offensiveness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most of the Men of the Third Age were ‘virtuous pagans’; those of Númenorean descent, and their subjects, were strict monotheists of a rather colourless and non-sacerdotal type, having neither temples nor priests, but showing their worship of Eru chiefly by resisting Sauron with all their might. ❋ Superversive (2010)

A sacerdotal act of the Pope – the removal of the excommunication of four bishops who had been consecrated contrary to the prohibition of his predecessor in the Petrine office – encounters an outraged lack of understanding not only of the non-Catholic public but also of many Catholics and even bishops, who have openly renounced their loyalty to the pope. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Before him alone did the priest cast off the sacerdotal garb and stand naked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus, the covering-up of sacerdotal sins and errors was a given in the Church ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

The cohesive imagery, turning from scapegoating rhetoric to sacerdotal reassurance, and ending with a militaristic call to arms, told a story; listen to it today and it's spine tingling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Journalists pride themselves on being skeptical, and therefore the designated inquisitors to expressions of this national trait, but that skepticism too is often held and nurtured in a naïve, sacerdotal way, reflecting an underlying addiction to treacle-sweet sentimentality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A notation in her accounts for April 1537 indicates that Mary performed the sacerdotal function of christening a child. 93 In an age in which monarchs were considered to heal diseases by their touch, it is possible that, on occasion, the princess performed minor religious ceremonies for her neighbors, servants, and clients. ❋ Unknown (2008)