Etymology

sacerdotal

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Today it means: Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly. Full definition →

Middle English sacerdotale ← Old French sacerdotal ← Latin sacerdōtālis
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  1. Latin · derived fromsacerdōtālis“priestly”
  2. Old French · derived fromsacerdotal
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsacerdotale
  4. English todaysacerdotal

From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.