'Priestly' definitions:
Definition of 'priestly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
adjective
Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn: priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly]
Definition of 'Priestly'
From: GCIDE
- Priestly \Priest"ly\, a. Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'priestly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbatial,
- abbatical,
- archiepiscopal,
- canonical,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- churchly,
- clerical,
- ecclesiastic,
- episcopal,
- episcopalian,
- evangelistic,
- hieratic,
- ministerial,
- missionary,
- pastoral,
- prelatial,
- prelatic,
- priest-ridden,
- priestish,
- rabbinic,
- sacerdotal,
- ultramontane