| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. |
| Adj. | 1. | sacerdotal - of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests" |
| 2. | sacerdotal - associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" |