Priestly Synonyms and Antonyms

prēstlē
Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hieratic
  2. ecclesiastic
  3. sacerdotal
  4. churchly
  5. episcopal
  6. priestlike
  7. ecclesiastical
  8. ministerial
  9. hieratical
Antonyms:
  1. unpriestly

Words Related to Priestly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Priestly Sentence Examples

  • Women are admitted to priestly offices as well as men.

  • The determination of a fixed date must therefore have been much earlier than Deuteronomy or the alleged period of the Priestly Code.

  • And it is instructive to observe that when the plebeians extorted their full share of political power they also demanded and obtained admission to every priestly college of political importance, to those, namely, of the pontiffs, the augurs, and the XV viri sacrorum.

  • There the foundations of the second great Persian Empire were laid, and Istakhr acquired special importance as the centre of priestly wisdom and orthodoxy.

  • Tobiah and his son Johanan were related by marriage to Judaean secular and priestly families, and active intrigues resulted, in which nobles and prophets took their part.

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