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US
/ˈpɹistɫi/
]
[ UK /pɹˈiːstli/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈiːstli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
priestly dedication to the people of his parish -
associated with the priesthood or priests
priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
hieratic gestures
How To Use priestly In A Sentence
- Around the humerus, loose where once it had clung tightly, lay the twisted semi-circle of a priestly arm-ring. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
- Love for others, concern for justice and the poor are not so much a question of social morals as the expression of a sacramental conception of Christian morality because, through priestly ministry, the spiritual sacrifice of all the faithful is accomplished, in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only mediator. Pope on the Essential Elements of Priestly Ministry
- Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.
- Priestly robes hang on the walls.
- Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.
- This somewhat unexpected decision gave ammunition to those who felt the schema on priestly life was too spiritual in tone.
- All this may look democratic, but in 300 he opposed the admission of plebeians to the two main priestly colleges (pontifices and augures) and on two occasions attempted to secure the election of an all-patrician college.
- Zechariah performs his priestly service at the geographical center of Jewish piety, the temple.
- From the paper Unless nearly two thirds of ordeal-o¢ ciating priests didnt understand how to heat iron, the data clearly evidence priestly rigging intended to exculpate probands. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Trial By Ordeal
- In an older time, the hymn was frequently sung at priestly ordinations.