priestly

[US]/'priːstlɪ/
[UK]/'pristli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. relating to a priest or characteristic of a priest

Phrases & Collocations

priestly duties

priestly robes

priestly blessing

priestly celibacy

priestly authority

Example Sentences

The priestly caste does not normally intermarry with the warrior caste.

when his priestly vocation no longer satisfied him he had asked to be laicized.

Real-world Examples

Priestly criticizes her assistant for her lack of imagination.

Source: 【CHDLJ】

The faithful covered their heads with white prayer shawls as they recited the priestly blessing on the wall.

Source: AP Listening November 2014 Collection

Below the  priestly class came the farmers and the laborers.

Source: Charming history

This appears to be the origin of monarchial and priestly power, and the dawn of civilization.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 1)

The priestly congregation hands over to the police everyone who is worth anything amongst you individually; and good society applauds.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

Source: 16 Nehemiah Musical Bible Theater Version - NIV

She screwed up her face, trying to remember if her father had ever talked about Thoros. " He isn't very priestly, is he" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

This is why the mathematical arts were founded in Egypt; for there the priestly caste was allowed to be at leisure.

Source: Metaphysics by Aristotle

The priestly congregation had resolved to ruin him; his journal had been condemned, and he had been deprived of his printer's diploma.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.

Source: 03 Leviticus Soundtrack Bible Theater Version - NIV

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