Priestly
['priːstlɪ] or ['pristli]
Definition
(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' .
Typist: Nola--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.
Edited by Brent
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sacerdotal.
Editor: Noreen
Examples
- This was so because there were no great priestly schools in Greece. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So the Government intends to take to itself a great portion of the revenues arising from priestly farms, factories, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As in the Indian civilization, the leading class is an intellectual one; less priestly than the Brahmin and more official. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As we have already noted, this priestly caste was still only struggling to dominate Indian life in the days of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The literary class was detached from the priestly class at an early date. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The priestly _class_, in comparison with the equivalent class in Egypt and Babylonia, was small and insignificant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- South of these stood Bambyce, with its huge temples and priestly governors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And priestly government had its own weaknesses as well as its peculiar deep-rooted strength. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was not priestly, it had no consecrated temple and no altar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is clear that the earliest civilized governments were essentially priestly governments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It had been his aim to gratify and satisfy his priestly guests. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This in a land which has groped in the midnight of priestly superstition for sixteen hundred years! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We have that of the priestly character, that we have some knowledge to enlighten our valour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- 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. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Noreen