priestly

IPA: prˈistɫi

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.

Examples of "priestly" in Sentences

Despite his later role in priestly garb, he was Jewish.
Leviticus, it is characterized as the priestly document and known to criticism as P.
One is believed to have been written by a figure or group known as the "priestly" author, because of apparent connections to the temple priests in Jerusalem.
Prosecutors on Wednesday presented what were called "priestly records," items seized during an April 2008 raid on the Yearning for Zion polygamist compound in rural West Texas.
And since at least a third of the buildings he excavated in the southwest corner of the mound appeared to be shrines, Mellaart decided that he must have been digging in what he called a priestly quarter of the settlement.
You may be moved to learn that starting in the Middle Ages it became a tradition for parents to bless each child on Shabbat using the same fifteen-word priestly benediction that was used in the ancient temple service in Jerusalem.
Following a link from juliansinger, who was pointing out that a Cardinal calls the Eucharist a gift not a right, I was more amused by the general thrust of the article discussing the priest shortage and reaffirmed conviction in priestly celibacy.
Note, Christ's prophetical office, as the divine Teacher, was especially exercised during His earthly ministry; His priestly is now from His first to His second coming; His kingly office shall be fully manifested at, and after, His second coming.