Sacerdotal
Sacerdotal , adjective
[Latin sacerdotalis, from sacerdos, -otis, a priest, from sacer holy, sacred: compare French sacerdotal.]
Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.
The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority.