sacerdotal
Portuguese, adjective/sa.seʁ.doˈtaw/
sacerdotal is spelled S-A-C-E-R-D-O-T-A-L (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacerdotal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “sacerdotal (relating to priests or a high religious order)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ou pertencente aos padres, ao sacerdócio ou aos sacerdotes”.
What does sacerdotal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesacerdotal (relating to priests or a high religious order)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente aos padres, ao sacerdócio ou aos sacerdotes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sacerdotal
- sacerdotais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacerdotal?
- Brazil /sa.seʁ.doˈtaw/
- Brazil [sa.seɦ.doˈtaʊ̯]
- /sa.seɾ.doˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacerdotal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacerdotal in Portuguese?
sacerdotal appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).