释义 |
priestliness|ˈpriːstlɪnɪs| [f. priestly a. + -ness.] Priestly quality or character.
1681Whole Duty Nations 22 Cloath'd with that Denomination of Priestliness, use hath appropriated to it. 1870Disraeli Lothair xliv, The Bishop..had now..to restrain his exuberant priestliness. 1897R. C. Moberly Ministerial Priesthood vii. §3. 263 The true priestliness necessarily carries with it the pastoral character: the real pastoral character is but an expression, in outward life, of priestliness. |