priestlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpriːs(t)li/, U.S.

/ˈpris(t)li/

Forms: see priest n. and -ly suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: priest n., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < priest n. + -ly suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German prēstlīh, prēstelīh, Old High German priestlīh, prēstlīh, Old Icelandic prestligr; compare also Middle Dutch priesterlijc, preesterlijc, etc. (Dutch priesterlijk), Middle Low German prēsterlik, Old High German priesterlīh, prēstarlīh (Middle High German priesterlich, German priesterlich).

†1. Canonical. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective]

priestlyOE

canonialc1230

rulera1382

canonized1382

canonical?1555

canonic1634

OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) l. 103 In die sancto paschę septem canonice horę a monachis in ęcclesia Dei more canonicorum..celebrandę sunt : on dæge þam halgum eastertide seofon preostlice tida fram munecum on cyricean Godes æfter þeawe preosta..to wyrþienne synd.

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxix. 325 Eac ic mingie þæt hi gemunon þæs preostlican regoles.

a. Of or relating to a priest or priests; sacerdotal.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adjective]

sacerdotalc1400

priestialc1449

priestly1465

priestlike1488

priesterly1535

priestish1544

priestly1563

sacerdotical1641

hierographic1659

priestal1839

hieratic1859

Presbyterian1881

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 4014 (MED) Rea hadde hooli the gouernaunce Off preestli honour doon to the goddesse.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras viii. 55 I weied them the golde & the syluer & all the prestly ornamentes of the house of oure God.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. vii. f. 39 They are all endued bothe with priestly and kingly honour.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 23/6 Quhilk of ws dar oppin the preistlie buik selit be the confessouris, and consecrat now be [etc.]

1641 Impeachm. Wren in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 354 Some of which he did against his Priestly Word given to the said Patrons, or their Friends, in verbo Sacerdotis, not to do the same.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. ii. 224 Lactantius said little..of Christ's priestly office.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 6 The tribe which has been taken for a priestly caste.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair II. viii. 79 His Eminence is not here in a priestly character.

1891 Marquis of Salisbury in Daily News 22 Jan. 6/1 Priestly rule is the great vice of the religious organization.

1901 C. Gore Body of Christ (1907) iv. §4. 255 The fathers..clearly see that the priestly action of Christ is now in heaven.

1949 H. Wilcox Six Moons in Sulawesi xii. 280 Those in Tikala were genuine women, performing the same priestly duties after the rice harvest.

2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 16 May c 4/6 Torah portion Bemidbar (about the Levites' priestly duties) is chanted in synagogues around the world.

b. In biblical criticism: of, designating, or relating to a law code incorporated in the Pentateuch that is concerned especially with ritual and the priesthood. Chiefly in priestly code, priestly writer, priestly writing.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Hexateuch > code within

priestly code1850

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Hexateuch > code within > writer of

priestly writer1850

1850 F. Adler Creed & Deed 93 The priestly code of the Pentateuch does not represent the form of Judaism which they taught.

1856 Harper's Mag. Dec. 36/1 The first was the style of all the monumental sculptures; the second, of the priestly writings.

1863 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 582 Large additions were made to this unfinished historical sketch of Samuel by his disciples, Nathan and Gad, or by some other prophetical and priestly writers of that and the following age.

1899 J. Hastings et al. Dict. Bible II. 365/2 Thus we find three distinct codes—the Covenant code (C), the Deuteronomic (D), the Levitical or Priestly (P).

1900 Carpenter & Harford-Battersby Hexateuch I. xiii. 121 The Priestly Code. The large extent and the complicated character of this great collection raise many problems.

1963 P. Ellis Men & Message of Old Testament i. 74 A Priestly author not only committed the traditions of the Jerusalem priesthood to writing but amalgamated the other traditions..to give us our present Pentateuch.

1991 M. Duggan Consuming Fire vi. 68 The Priestly writers' contribution to primeval history in Genesis demonstrates that they were not narrowminded in their understanding of God.

3. Having the character or aspect of a priest; such as a priest is or should be; priestlike.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adjective]

sacerdotalc1400

priestialc1449

priestly1465

priestlike1488

priesterly1535

priestish1544

priestly1563

sacerdotical1641

hierographic1659

priestal1839

hieratic1859

Presbyterian1881

1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 321 Sir Thomas Lyndis..is rit a prystly man and vertusly dysposyd.

c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. 1554 (MED) To see a preistly preist, it were grete deyntee.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lij Truly thys was a fryndly foundacyon of Anselme for prestly women.

1711 J. Strype Llfe & Acts Matthew Parker ii.104 He, the Secretary, once put him in mind of Mr. Cheny, a good, grave, Priestly Man.

1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 51 John Johnston, the priestliest man I ever under any ecclesiastical guise was privileged to look upon.

1914 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 30 Apr. 2/6 The priestly man is the one who intercedes for a sinner.

1952 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 June 18/4 He stands before the world as a cultured and brilliant pastor of souls and a priestly man of letters.

2001 R. Russo Empire Falls iii. xx. 318 Old Father Tom, gone balmy as a magpie, was still more priestly than all the young ones put together.

4. Befitting or characteristic of a priest; like that of a priest.

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a1500 (a1452) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 130 We, therfore, consideryng the grete cunyng, vertues, and preestly demenyng of or welbeloved M. R. Stillyngton desire..that..ye wol have hym unto the said chirch.

1504–5 Will J. Esyngton in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 641 Such..honest conversation..as..shalbe thought convenient and prestly.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 68 Hie thee whiles I say A priestly farewell to her.

1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. I. x. 291 Not the vulgar who knew not the law, I assure you; but men of priestly reverence.

1786 F. Swediauer Philos. Dict. IV. 154 Toleration not a priestly virtue.

1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer II. vi. 77 ‘Then before I quit these holy walls, hearken to my malediction,’ returned Bonifacius, rising with priestly and practised dignity.

1849 H. W. Herbert Dermot O'Brien vi. 87 ‘Is this maidenly?’ ‘As maidenly as that is priestly,’ she made answer.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxi. 32 Not a jocund, good-fellow tone, still less an unctuous priestly accent, but a voice he had belonging to himself.

1905 A. C. Benson Upton Lett. (1906) 25 He [sc. Newman] had little of the priestly hunger to save souls.

1930 I. Low His Master's Voice xvii. 249 The voice was deep, magisterial, well-nigh priestly.

2003 R. Taylor How to read Church 230 The dog collar..has become the priest's central symbol, its whiteness symbolizing priestly purity.

5. Holding the office of a priest; that is a priest.priestly writer: see sense 2b.

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1620 J. Speed Cloud of Witnesses (ed. 2) x. 236 Daui stood in state both of King and Priest, from his fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob; and was both a kingly Priest, and a priestly King in the land.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues 397 There is no one visible Head of the universal Church, (such as the Pope pretends to be) but every Sovereign is there set out as a Kingly Priest, or a Priestly King, in his own Dominions.

1753 T. Salmon Universal Traveller III. xvi. 444 Their Emperors were stiled Presbyter Chan, or Cham (not Presbyter John) King of Priests, or the Priestly King.

1766 D. Lloyd Wonderful, Surprizing & Uncommon Voy. & Adventures Capt. Jones (ed. 2) 55 Perhaps he went this priestly Prince to gain Unto our church; who gave good proof in Spain Of's power in this.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. ix. 254 Scared by the faith they feigned, each priestly slave Knelt for his mercy whom they served with blood.

1868 T. Westwood Quest of Sancgreall 86 Soon a priestly man, by Merlin sent, Baptized the boy, and Arthur was his name.

1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye xxiv. 324 Shamans or priestly sorcerers were said to dwell among the rocks.

1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. July 13/1 The priestly mediator replaces Jesus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priestly
释义	priestlyadj. Brit. /ˈpriːs(t)li/, U.S. /ˈpris(t)li/ Forms: see priest n. and -ly suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: priest n., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < priest n. + -ly suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German prēstlīh, prēstelīh, Old High German priestlīh, prēstlīh, Old Icelandic prestligr; compare also Middle Dutch priesterlijc, preesterlijc, etc. (Dutch priesterlijk), Middle Low German prēsterlik, Old High German priesterlīh, prēstarlīh (Middle High German priesterlich, German priesterlich). †1. Canonical. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective] priestlyOE canonialc1230 rulera1382 canonized1382 canonical?1555 canonic1634 OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) l. 103 In die sancto paschę septem canonice horę a monachis in ęcclesia Dei more canonicorum..celebrandę sunt : on dæge þam halgum eastertide seofon preostlice tida fram munecum on cyricean Godes æfter þeawe preosta..to wyrþienne synd. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxix. 325 Eac ic mingie þæt hi gemunon þæs preostlican regoles. 2. a. Of or relating to a priest or priests; sacerdotal. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adjective] sacerdotalc1400 priestialc1449 priestly1465 priestlike1488 priesterly1535 priestish1544 priestly1563 sacerdotical1641 hierographic1659 priestal1839 hieratic1859 Presbyterian1881 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. 4014 (MED) Rea hadde hooli the gouernaunce Off preestli honour doon to the goddesse. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras viii. 55 I weied them the golde & the syluer & all the prestly ornamentes of the house of oure God. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. vii. f. 39 They are all endued bothe with priestly and kingly honour. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 23/6 Quhilk of ws dar oppin the preistlie buik selit be the confessouris, and consecrat now be [etc.] 1641 Impeachm. Wren in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 354 Some of which he did against his Priestly Word given to the said Patrons, or their Friends, in verbo Sacerdotis, not to do the same. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. ii. 224 Lactantius said little..of Christ's priestly office. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 6 The tribe which has been taken for a priestly caste. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair II. viii. 79 His Eminence is not here in a priestly character. 1891 Marquis of Salisbury in Daily News 22 Jan. 6/1 Priestly rule is the great vice of the religious organization. 1901 C. Gore Body of Christ (1907) iv. §4. 255 The fathers..clearly see that the priestly action of Christ is now in heaven. 1949 H. Wilcox Six Moons in Sulawesi xii. 280 Those in Tikala were genuine women, performing the same priestly duties after the rice harvest. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 16 May c 4/6 Torah portion Bemidbar (about the Levites' priestly duties) is chanted in synagogues around the world. b. In biblical criticism: of, designating, or relating to a law code incorporated in the Pentateuch that is concerned especially with ritual and the priesthood. Chiefly in priestly code, priestly writer, priestly writing. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Hexateuch > code within priestly code1850 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Hexateuch > code within > writer of priestly writer1850 1850 F. Adler Creed & Deed 93 The priestly code of the Pentateuch does not represent the form of Judaism which they taught. 1856 Harper's Mag. Dec. 36/1 The first was the style of all the monumental sculptures; the second, of the priestly writings. 1863 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 582 Large additions were made to this unfinished historical sketch of Samuel by his disciples, Nathan and Gad, or by some other prophetical and priestly writers of that and the following age. 1899 J. Hastings et al. Dict. Bible II. 365/2 Thus we find three distinct codes—the Covenant code (C), the Deuteronomic (D), the Levitical or Priestly (P). 1900 Carpenter & Harford-Battersby Hexateuch I. xiii. 121 The Priestly Code. The large extent and the complicated character of this great collection raise many problems. 1963 P. Ellis Men & Message of Old Testament i. 74 A Priestly author not only committed the traditions of the Jerusalem priesthood to writing but amalgamated the other traditions..to give us our present Pentateuch. 1991 M. Duggan Consuming Fire vi. 68 The Priestly writers' contribution to primeval history in Genesis demonstrates that they were not narrowminded in their understanding of God. 3. Having the character or aspect of a priest; such as a priest is or should be; priestlike. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adjective] sacerdotalc1400 priestialc1449 priestly1465 priestlike1488 priesterly1535 priestish1544 priestly1563 sacerdotical1641 hierographic1659 priestal1839 hieratic1859 Presbyterian1881 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 321 Sir Thomas Lyndis..is rit a prystly man and vertusly dysposyd. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. 1554 (MED) To see a preistly preist, it were grete deyntee. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lij Truly thys was a fryndly foundacyon of Anselme for prestly women. 1711 J. Strype Llfe & Acts Matthew Parker ii.104 He, the Secretary, once put him in mind of Mr. Cheny, a good, grave, Priestly Man. 1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 51 John Johnston, the priestliest man I ever under any ecclesiastical guise was privileged to look upon. 1914 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 30 Apr. 2/6 The priestly man is the one who intercedes for a sinner. 1952 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 June 18/4 He stands before the world as a cultured and brilliant pastor of souls and a priestly man of letters. 2001 R. Russo Empire Falls iii. xx. 318 Old Father Tom, gone balmy as a magpie, was still more priestly than all the young ones put together. 4. Befitting or characteristic of a priest; like that of a priest. ΚΠ a1500 (a1452) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 130 We, therfore, consideryng the grete cunyng, vertues, and preestly demenyng of or welbeloved M. R. Stillyngton desire..that..ye wol have hym unto the said chirch. 1504–5 Will J. Esyngton in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 641 Such..honest conversation..as..shalbe thought convenient and prestly. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 68 Hie thee whiles I say A priestly farewell to her. View more context for this quotation 1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. I. x. 291 Not the vulgar who knew not the law, I assure you; but men of priestly reverence. 1786 F. Swediauer Philos. Dict. IV. 154 Toleration not a priestly virtue. 1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer II. vi. 77 ‘Then before I quit these holy walls, hearken to my malediction,’ returned Bonifacius, rising with priestly and practised dignity. 1849 H. W. Herbert Dermot O'Brien vi. 87 ‘Is this maidenly?’ ‘As maidenly as that is priestly,’ she made answer. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxi. 32 Not a jocund, good-fellow tone, still less an unctuous priestly accent, but a voice he had belonging to himself. 1905 A. C. Benson Upton Lett. (1906) 25 He [sc. Newman] had little of the priestly hunger to save souls. 1930 I. Low His Master's Voice xvii. 249 The voice was deep, magisterial, well-nigh priestly. 2003 R. Taylor How to read Church 230 The dog collar..has become the priest's central symbol, its whiteness symbolizing priestly purity. 5. Holding the office of a priest; that is a priest.priestly writer: see sense 2b. ΚΠ 1620 J. Speed Cloud of Witnesses (ed. 2) x. 236 Daui stood in state both of King and Priest, from his fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob; and was both a kingly Priest, and a priestly King in the land. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues 397 There is no one visible Head of the universal Church, (such as the Pope pretends to be) but every Sovereign is there set out as a Kingly Priest, or a Priestly King, in his own Dominions. 1753 T. Salmon Universal Traveller III. xvi. 444 Their Emperors were stiled Presbyter Chan, or Cham (not Presbyter John) King of Priests, or the Priestly King. 1766 D. Lloyd Wonderful, Surprizing & Uncommon Voy. & Adventures Capt. Jones (ed. 2) 55 Perhaps he went this priestly Prince to gain Unto our church; who gave good proof in Spain Of's power in this. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. ix. 254 Scared by the faith they feigned, each priestly slave Knelt for his mercy whom they served with blood. 1868 T. Westwood Quest of Sancgreall 86 Soon a priestly man, by Merlin sent, Baptized the boy, and Arthur was his name. 1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye xxiv. 324 Shamans or priestly sorcerers were said to dwell among the rocks. 1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. July 13/1 The priestly mediator replaces Jesus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † priestlyadv. Forms: see priest n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: priest n., -ly suffix². Etymology: < priest n. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Low German prēsterlīken, adverb. Obsolete. In the character of a priest; in a manner befitting a priest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [adverb] priestlyc1475 priestlike1565 sacerdotally1836 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 59 Þat þey be þolid to minister prestly oþer sacraments. ?1530 tr. J. Colet Serm. Conuocacion Paulis i. sig. Biv^v Pristes, nat lyuynge pristly but secularly, to the vtter and miserable distruction of the churche. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 78 His peruke was priestly smart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OEadv.c1475
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priestlyadj.

† priestlyadv.