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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest;

as, the

priestly

office; a

priestly

farewell.

Shak.

Adj.

Pertaining to a priest or to priests; sacerdotal; as the priestly office.

Becoming a priest; as priestly sobriety and purity of life.

priestly ‎(comparative more priestly or priestlier, superlative most priestly or priestliest)

of or relating to priests