Priestly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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