| 释义 |
priestless, a.|ˈpriːstlɪs|
[f. priest n. + -less.]
Without a priest; not having, or not attended by, a priest.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11301 Euere lokede þis burgeis wan hii were vorþ idriue, Prestles hom was wel wo þat hii nere issriue. 1879Baring-Gould Germany II. 145 In these priestless parish churches, at the hour of mass the congregation assembles. 1885Fairbairn Catholicism Rom. & Angl. iv. (1899) 169 It stood among the ancient faiths as a strange and extraordinary thing—a priestless religion. |