There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SACERDOTAL
priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal
(adjective) associated with the priesthood or priests; “priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments”; “hieratic gestures”
sacerdotal
(adjective) of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; “sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sacerdotal (comparative more sacerdotal, superlative most sacerdotal)
(religion) Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
Synonyms
• hieratic (Grecian)
• priestly
Anagrams
• crateloads
Source: Wiktionary
Sac`er*do"tal, a. Etym: [L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr.sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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