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sacerdotalisms

sacerdotalisms is the plural of sacerdotalism.

Meaning of sacerdotalism

Noun

sacerdotalism (countable and uncountable, plural sacerdotalisms)

  1. The spirit of the priesthood; devotion to priestly interests; priestcraft.
  2. The belief that priests can act as mediators between God and humankind.
    • [T]hey tell fortunes, which practice, confined to a certain caste but forbidden to others, seems to be a kind of sacerdotalism.a. 1891 (date written), Richard F[rancis] Burton, “II. The Gypsy. Chapter V. The Gypsy in Asia.”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Wilkins, editor, The Jew, the Gypsy and El Islam […], London: Hutchinson & Co...

Questions about sacerdotalisms

What is sacerdotalisms the plural of?
Sacerdotalisms is the plural of sacerdotalism.

Words near sacerdotalisms in the dictionary

  1. sacerdotalise
  2. sacerdotalised
  3. sacerdotalises
  4. sacerdotalising
  5. sacerdotalism
  6. sacerdotalisms
  7. sacerdotalist
  8. sacerdotalists
  9. sacerdotalize
  10. sacerdotalized
  11. sacerdotalizes

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