sacerdotal
Relating to priests
Sacerdotal means relating to priests or the priesthood: sacerdotal vestments, sacerdotal duties.
The word often carries connotations of ritual authority and religious hierarchy, sometimes with a hint of criticism for excessive formalism or claims to special spiritual power.
It appears mostly in academic or theological writing.
Formal worship structure
- massQuantity of matter
- communionProfound shared closeness
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
vespers · matins · benediction · consecration · absolution · anointing · incense · altar
Ordained religious officials collectively
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- prelateSenior church official
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
cardinal · archbishop · deacon · acolyte · vicar · rector · curate · pastor
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- holyDedicated to the divine
- divineOf or from gods
- blessedReceiving divine favor
hallowed · anointed · sacramental · venerated · devotional · pious · reverential · spiritual
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- massQuantity of matter
- communionProfound shared closeness
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
baptism · vespers · matins · benediction · consecration · absolution · anointing · incense · altar · chalice
clergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
pontiff · cardinal · archbishop · deacon · acolyte · vicar · rector · curate · pastor · chaplain
consecrated
Declared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- holyDedicated to the divine
- divineOf or from gods
blessed · hallowed · anointed · sacramental · venerated · devotional · pious · reverential · spiritual · transcendent
cassock
Full-length clerical garment
surplice · mitre · cope · maniple · biretta · pallium · cincture · clerical collar · vestment
sacerdotallay
Place down flat
nonclerical · unordained · nonprofessional · congregational · parishioner