Phil in SF quoted The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a …
Thus my sacerdotal father believed; but thus I could not.
— The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (14%)
new vocabulary: sacerdotal
relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly
relating to or denoting a doctrine which ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural powers to ordained priests