priestedadj.
/ˈpriːstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpristᵻd/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [adjective] > blessed
blessedc1200
benedighta1400
priested1603
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 80 To have a precious payre of priested gloves..[such] as they may use against any Sparrow-blasting or Sprite-blasting of the Devil.
1855 R. Montgomery Sanctuary 249 Descend, O Paraclete of grace! Anointer of each priested soul, And with almighty Blood efface Indwelling sin's abhorr'd control.
2. Ordained to the priesthood.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [adjective] > in orders > priesthood
priested1609
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 123 Had She not relied too much vpon the Priested sort, her End had not beene so sudden nor vnkinde.
?1737 J. Barber Farmer's Daughter 36 Whilst honest Hob and Nell adore, Their Priested Son.
1855 R. Montgomery Sanctuary 6 Our heart-toned litanies on high are heard Most welcome..And this, because a priested God-Man there Divinely consecrates the Church's prayer.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 259 A priested peasant, with a brother a policeman in Dublin and a brother a potboy in Moycullen.
1998 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 24 Apr. d10 Harassment also comes from parishioners and clergy wives, ‘apparently jealous of the new authority of priested women’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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