sacerdoce
French, noun/sa.sɛʁ.dɔs/
sacerdoce is spelled S-A-C-E-R-D-O-C-E (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacerdoce is a French masculine noun meaning “priesthood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêtrise”.
What does sacerdoce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepriesthood
Near-synonym: prêtrise
- 2
masculinemission, great purpose, calling, vocation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prêtrise. 2. Ministère de ceux qui avaient le pouvoir d’offrir à Dieu des victimes pour le sacrifice. 3. Corps ecclésiastique, autorité ecclésiastique. 4. Vocation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sacerdoce
- sacerdoces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacerdoce?
- /sa.sɛʁ.dɔs/
- \sa.sɛʁ.dɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacerdoce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacerdoce in French?
sacerdoce appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).