priestletn.
/ˈpriːstlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpristlət/ humorous or mildly derogatory.
= priestling n. 1.
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priestlet1880
priesteen1907
1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy 157 Dapper literary priestlets redolent of bergamot and sonnets.
1883 Cornhill Mag. 568 The priestlets in the train of a bishop.
1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle iv. 41 Fathers Neary and O'Flaherty two raw bonny priestlets if ever there were two.
1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. 50/5 Novice nuns and silky priestlets, gamboling through some seminary meadow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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