Usage examples:
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The
Advocate,
keeping
steadily
in
view
the
great
principles
by
which
his
political
life
had
been
guided,
the
supremacy
of
the
civil
authority
in
any
properly
organized
commonwealth
over
the
sacerdotal
and
military,
found
himself
gradually
forced
into
mortal
combat
with
both.
John Lothrop Motley in "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete".
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The
principle
of
sacerdotal
celibacy
appeared
early
in
the
history
of
Christianity,
and
for
many
centuries
it
was
the
subject
of
sharp
contention.
Alfred Wesley Wishart in "A Short History of Monks and Monasteries".
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Whatever
difficulties
it
might
offer,
it
was
more
accessible
than
the
learning
which
could
be
acquired
only
under
a
Brahman
teacher,
although
the
Brahmans
in
the
interests
of
the
sacerdotal
caste
maintained
that
philosophy
like
ritual
was
a
secret
to
be
imparted,
not
a
result
to
be
won
by
independent
thought.
Charles Eliot in "Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch".
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By
this
fact
is
seen
how
the
sacerdotal
dignity
was
esteemed
by
antiquity,
even
in
the
darkness
of
idolatry;
and,
at
the
same
time,
how
the
power
of
the
priest
was
considered
to
be
distinct
from
the
power
of
the
sovereign.
T. W. Allies in "Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom".