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Meaning of sacerdotally | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest.

Examples

“1720, Samuel Parker, Biblioteca Biblica, Oxford: William and John Innys, Volume I, Part 2, Occasional Annotation 30, “The Pillar of Jacob,” p. 608, […] first he Blessed the Place Sacerdotally, setting it apart by Solemn Rites for a Place of Divine Worship […]”
“Some ladies went a dozen times in the day to hear mass, but paid little attention to what was going on sacerdotally.”
“Pickerbaugh assigned to them the chief booth, on the platform once sacerdotally occupied by the Reverend Mr. Sunday.”
“Here I saw for the first time, in any number to speak of, the Mission-boys, the converted Natives, half sacerdotally attired, whatever office they might be filling […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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