Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a priest or the priesthood.
- adjective Characteristic of or suitable for a priest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a priest or priests; sacerdotal: as, the priestly office.
- Befitting a priest: as, priestly sobriety and purity of life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to
priests ; order of thepriests ; high religious position
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
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Examples
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And since at least a third of the buildings he excavated in the southwest corner of the mound appeared to be shrines, Mellaart decided that he must have been digging in what he called a priestly quarter of the settlement.
The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005
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Despite his later role in priestly garb, he was Jewish.
Tom Bosley dies at 83; actor played Howard Cunningham, father on 'Happy Days' Adam Bernstein 2010
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Following a link from juliansinger, who was pointing out that a Cardinal calls the Eucharist a gift not a right, I was more amused by the general thrust of the article discussing the priest shortage and reaffirmed conviction in priestly celibacy.
October 4th, 2005 juliansinger 2005
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Note, Christ's prophetical office, as the divine Teacher, was especially exercised during His earthly ministry; His priestly is now from His first to His second coming; His kingly office shall be fully manifested at, and after, His second coming.
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Prosecutors on Wednesday presented what were called "priestly records," items seized during an April 2008 raid on the Yearning for Zion polygamist compound in rural West Texas.
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One is believed to have been written by a figure or group known as the "priestly" author, because of apparent connections to the temple priests in Jerusalem.
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One is believed to have been written by a figure or group known as the "priestly" author, because of apparent connections to the temple priests in Jerusalem.
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You may be moved to learn that starting in the Middle Ages it became a tradition for parents to bless each child on Shabbat using the same fifteen-word priestly benediction that was used in the ancient temple service in Jerusalem.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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You may be moved to learn that starting in the Middle Ages it became a tradition for parents to bless each child on Shabbat using the same fifteen-word priestly benediction that was used in the ancient temple service in Jerusalem.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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Leviticus, it is characterized as the priestly document and known to criticism as P.
Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen
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