sacerdotally
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a sacerdotal manner, in the manner of a priest.
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "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 […]"
Etymology
From sacerdotal + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more sacerdotally (comparative)
most sacerdotally (superlative)