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Meanings of priestly in anglès

Associated with the priesthood or priests.

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Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood.

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Examples for "priestlike"
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Pindar is more priestlike than patriarchal, more epic than lyrical.
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books / with Introductions, Not...
2
He stood there facing the east, priestlike in venerable and solemn worship of the coming sun.
Darkness and Dawn
3
He put his pen down and folded his hands, priestlike, and waited for her to speak.
Death at La Fenice
4
The dead men's clothes were anything but priestlike.
Shadow prowler
5
Upon this topic his voice descended to tones of priestlike awe: for are we not the envy of the world?
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4
Usage of priestly in anglès
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But in the main the results were very helpful to priestly morale.
Gather, Darkness!
2
But there are rising concerns about the validity of the priestly practice.
News.com.au
3
The apparatus of priestly maladministration was restored in all its ancient deformity.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878
4
I took his underhand air for a priestly air; I did wrong.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
5
But unlike Tayoga, he had in him none of the priestly quality.
The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
6
The accused priests have been barred from performing priestly duties in public.
Reuters
7
Hush your priestly lies, which sink a new terror in my soul.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
8
He was less impressed by the priestly view than with the implication.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
9
The expression translated worship is the technical word for rendering priestly service.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
10
Therefore it belongs not to the priestly office to catechize and exorcize.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
11
Jord Parma knew his priestly lingo well and did his job magnificently.
Foundation
12
And Doeg, the Edomite, killed eighty-five men who wore the priestly garments.
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
13
The priestly interests of Ezekiel are easily explained by his early environment.
Introduction to the Old Testament
14
Still more remarkable is the fact of its having no priestly caste.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
15
The solution of this question which he proposes reveals his priestly training.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
16
The high-priestly rulers do not appear to have welcomed Nehemiah with enthusiasm.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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