priesteryn.
/ˈpriːst(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈprist(ə)ri/ rare.
Priests collectively.
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1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) i. 14 The King among all his Preistery, and all those numberles volumes of thir theological distillations, not meeting with one man or book of that coate that could befreind him with a prayer in Captivity.
1915 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Lang. & Lit. 32 67 Like people, like priestery; like prophets, like Aaronites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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