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Meanings of unpriestly in anglès

Not priestly; unbefitting a priest.

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Examples for "priestly"
Examples for "priestly"
1
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...
Usage of unpriestly in anglès
1
I asked him what he meant, and he grinned and whispered something about unpriestly behavior.
The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
2
The words of the splendid poem mingled in the mind of Maurice with the most incongruous and unpriestly thoughts.
The Puritans
3
Please excuse my casual appearance. Morris was wearing a most unpriestly combo of jeans, plaid shirt, and green wool vest.
Speaking in Bones
4
Great ill feeling was aroused against Thangbrand by this unpriestly incident, and he went back full of penitence to King Olaf.
Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
5
Crabbe's close acquaintance with "the flowery pages of sublime distress," with "vengeful monks who play unpriestly tricks," with banditti
The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
6
How could the Church keep itself unspotted from the world when its highest officers were chosen by laymen and were compelled to perform unpriestly duties?
Early European History
7
"I find you all in most unpriestly excitement; what has disturbed your equanimity?"
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 01
8
"If the priest was into something... unpriestly... maybe there was something embarrassing to someone else who was on the video."
Heat Rises
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Unpriestly through the time