Meanings of sacerdotal character in English

The kings of Ethiopia, priests from the first, never lost their sacerdotal character.

He did not believe in priests in their sacerdotal character.

He was at first a monk of the Franciscan order, but he afterwards threw off the sacerdotal character, and studied medicine.

Perhaps she would not have understood that her mother merely meant that the minister's sacerdotal character was not exactly his own character.

In our impatience at our treatment, and hunger for news, we forgot his sacerdotal character, and importuned him for tidings of the exchange.

Her doctrines respecting the sacerdotal character, however erroneous they may be, have repeatedly mitigated some of the worst evils which can afflict society.

But the Gospel according to Luke, as having a sacerdotal character, begins with Zacharias the priest offering incense unto God....

The cause of this important difference may be found in the separation or union of the regal and sacerdotal characters.