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English Dictionary: Priestly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
priestly
adj
  1. associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
    Synonym(s): priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal
  2. befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
    Synonym(s): priestly, priestlike
    Antonym(s): unpriestly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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