单词 | priestish |
释义 | priestishadj. Chiefly derogatory. Now rare. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a priest; priestly, sacerdotal. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adjective] sacerdotalc1400 priestialc1449 priestly1465 priestlike1488 priesterly1535 priestish1544 priestly1563 sacerdotical1641 hierographic1659 priestal1839 hieratic1859 Presbyterian1881 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Ciiijv No neade of longe prystishe prayers. c1560 T. Becon Relikes of Rome sig. I.vii Pope Siricius ordeined, that Priestishe orders should not be geuen altogether at one tyme, but at sondry tymes. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vi. sig. F7 Much lesse that I depraued haue all Preachers so attyrde In Priestish weedes, as Popelings were. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 484 Like juggling Melchi zedek's priestish Plea Collected in himself a King should be. 1855 E. C. Jones Battle-Day 113 Settling down through priestish graves, 'mid mosses grim and gray, Dim Superstition buries these, and sighs and sinks away. 1999 Talk of Nation (Nexis) 29 Jan. If you look at, for example, a priestish person..and if you look at a physicist..their writings on certain topics that touch on this almost sound identical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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