Sacerdotally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Sacerdotally is an adverb meaning In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest.
Meaning
In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest.
Example Sentences
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 […]
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 […]
Synonyms for sacerdotally
Depending on context, synonyms include priestly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sacramentally, parsonically, clerically, ecclesiastically, patristically, pontifically.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.