sacerdotal
Meaningbelonging to a priest
Common meaning: priestly
- sacerdotalbelonging to a priestSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 521 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin sacerdotalis ‘belonging to a priest’.
Roots
- sacerdotalis Latin “belonging to a priest”
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