priestly
IPA: prˈistɫi
noun
- A habitational surname from Old English.
adjective
- Of or relating to priests.
- Having the appearance of or resembling a priest.
- (history) Pertaining to the Priestly source (“P”), one of the sources of the Torah or Pentateuch according to the documentary hypothesis.
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Examples of "priestly" in Sentences
- The dating of the Priestly text.
- Embedding in the priestly source.
- The priestly formation is holistic.
- Representative of the priestly line.
- Considerations for priestly formation.
- The priestly teacher can be recognized by his tonsure.
- The Brahmins were the priestly caste of the Aryan peoples.
- The organ of a priestly body cannot be less than priestly.
- A priestly descendant through the priestly line of the first Zadok.
- Much of the remainder of the Priestly Code is viewed as more disparate.