priestly

3 definitions found

priestly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

priestly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  priestly
      adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
             sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
             priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
      2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
         "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn:
         priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly]

priestly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "priestly":
     abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular,
     capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal,
     episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, ministerial, missionary,
     pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, rabbinic,
     sacerdotal, ultramontane