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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [sa.kɛrˈdoː.tʊ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sa.t͡ʃerˈdɔː.tu.la]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sacerdōtula''' ''f'' (genitive sacerdōtulae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|sacerdōs|-ula|t1=priest, priestess]], a diminutive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨sacerdōs⟩ is from [[m|la|sacer|t=sacred]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is first in Varro's ''De lingua Latina''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a minor or young priestess, and Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In British Medieval Latin it meant the daughter of a priest.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A minor or young [[m|en|priestess]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A priest's daughter.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sacerdōs]]
+ * [[sacer]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}