Hypertext Webster Gateway: "priestly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Priestly \Priest"ly\, a.
Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal;
befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a
priestly farewell. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
priestly
adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: {hieratic},
{hieratical}, {sacerdotal}]
2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
"priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn: {priestlike}]
[ant: {unpriestly}]
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