sacerdotalistn.
/sasəˈdəʊtəlɪst/ One who advocates or defends sacerdotalism.
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1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 10/2 The sacerdotalists are grievously mistaken if they take all this for the proof of a latent belief in sacramental theories.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist v. § i. 298 The awful emphasis laid by the sacerdotalist on the efficacy of that ordinance [sc. baptism].
1896 W. Stubbs Visitation Charges (1904) 304 The advocate of religious education, the opponent of divorce and simony, the maintainer of the sanctity of Sunday, are all alike sacerdotalists.
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