priestly
/ˈpriːstli
/adjective
Relating to or befitting a priest or priests: performing priestly duties...
- What can be done to restore the priestly and pastoral ministry of bishops to its position of primacy?
- My father used his black graduation robe from rabbinical seminary as his priestly garb.
- The Celt's priestly caste, the Druids, has become a part of modern folklore.
Synonyms
clerical, pastoral, priestlike, canonical, ecclesiastical
archaic vicarial
rare sacerdotal, hieratic, Aaronic, rectorial, presbyteral
Derivatives
priestliness
- I believe there is a priestliness in every individual and one of the things that I think is that everybody has the power to bless.
- Perhaps the time is coming when priestliness will be connected with everyday life and the full call of every baptized person, man or woman.
Origin
Old English prēostlic (see priest, -ly1).