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|lshtext=<b>săcerdōtĭum</b>: ii, n. 1. [[sacerdos]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[priesthood]], the [[office]] or [[dignity]] of priests, the [[sacerdotal]] [[office]] ([[good]] [[prose]]; used [[equally]] in sing. and plur.)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: amplissimum [[sacerdotium]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127: amplissimi sacerdotii [[collegium]], id. Fam. 3, 10, 9: [[propter]] amplitudinem sacerdotii, id. Agr. 2, 7, 18: [[homo]] in sacerdotio diligentissimus, id. Rab. Perd. 10, 27: [[eodem]] sacerdotio [[praeditus]], id. Sen. 17, 61: familiare, Liv. 9, 29: priscum et religiosum, Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: hoc [[idem]] de ceteris sacerdotiis Cn. [[Domitius]] tulit: [[quod]] [[populus]] per religionem sacerdotia mandare non poterat, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18: lex de sacerdotiis, id. Lael. 25, 96: de sacerdotiis contendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In eccl. Lat., of the mediatorial [[office]] of Christ, Vulg. Heb. 7, 12; 7, 24.

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