Priestly
['priːstlɪ] or ['pristli]
解释:
(adj.) befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; 'priestly dedication to the people of his parish' .
(adj.) associated with the priesthood or priests; 'priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments'; 'hieratic gestures' .
整理:诺拉--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.
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同义词及近义词:
a. Sacerdotal.
校对:诺琳
例句:
- This was so because there were no great priestly schools in Greece. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- So the Government intends to take to itself a great portion of the revenues arising from priestly farms, factories, etc. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- As in the Indian civilization, the leading class is an intellectual one; less priestly than the Brahmin and more official. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- As we have already noted, this priestly caste was still only struggling to dominate Indian life in the days of Gautama. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The literary class was detached from the priestly class at an early date. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The priestly _class_, in comparison with the equivalent class in Egypt and Babylonia, was small and insignificant. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- South of these stood Bambyce, with its huge temples and priestly governors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And priestly government had its own weaknesses as well as its peculiar deep-rooted strength. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It was not priestly, it had no consecrated temple and no altar. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It is clear that the earliest civilized governments were essentially priestly governments. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It had been his aim to gratify and satisfy his priestly guests. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This in a land which has groped in the midnight of priestly superstition for sixteen hundred years! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- We have that of the priestly character, that we have some knowledge to enlighten our valour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Such things as this are done successfully only when the prestige and tradition and learning of the priestly order has sunken to a very low level. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
校对:诺琳