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‖ sacerdotium|sæsəˈdəʊʃɪəm, sækəˈdəʊtɪəm|
[a. L. sacerdōtium: see sacerdocy.]
a. = sacerdocy.
b. The dominion of the Church in mediæval Europe.
1931Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Aug. 628/2 The unhappy Episcopus..nearly lost his ‘sacerdotium’ in consequence. 1955Times 2 July 7/3 When later the regular universities grew up the journey from Paris to Oxford, though arduous, was a routine event in the life of a scholar. This easy movement within the European Studium—as it called itself in grand contrast to the Imperium and Sacerdotium—was killed like many other good things by the rise of nationalism. 1956Scottish Jrnl. Theol. IX. 174 Does the consecration of a bishop confer a new character? Or does it simply give him authority and grace to perform functions inherent in the sacerdotium or ordo of the presbyter, but not at present exercised by presbyters? Historically the sacerdotium, or ministry of the Word and Sacraments, was at one time regarded as particularly the characteristic of the bishop rather than of the presbyter. |