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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. associated with the priesthood or priests;
- Example: "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"
- Example: "hieratic gestures"
[syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]

2. befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
- Example: "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
[syn: priestly, priestlike]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Priestly \Priest"ly\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal;
   befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a
   priestly farewell. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

priestly
    adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
           sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
           priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
    2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
       "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn:
       priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "priestly":
   abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular,
   capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal,
   episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, ministerial, missionary,
   pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, rabbinic,
   sacerdotal, ultramontane