See also:

• SACERDOTALISM (from Lat. sacerdos, priest, literally one who presents sacred offerings, sacer, sacred, and dare, to give)

SACERDOTALISM (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. sacerdos, See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, literally one who presents sacred offerings, sacer, sacred, and dare, to give)  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied, usually in a hostile sense, to the See also:

• SYSTEM

system, method and spirit of a priestly See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order or class, under which the functions, dignity and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the members of the priesthood are exalted in the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, and in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at the expense of the laity . This exalting of the priesthood in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian church is based on the claim that the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest exercises sacrificial and supernatural See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers in the celebration of the See also:

• EUCHARIST (Gr. evXapurria, thanksgiving)

Eucharist .