单词	priestly
释义	priestly adjective priest·​ly ˈprēst-lē  1 : of or relating to a priest or the priesthood : sacerdotal 2 : characteristic of or befitting a priest priestliness noun Synonyms clerical clerkly ministerial pastoral sacerdotal See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He is a kind, priestly man. majestically robed in priestly garments Recent Examples on the Web Silva will retain the priestly faculties of the Diocese of Providence, but will not be receiving a new assignment at the present time, according to the announcement. Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022 Hummes worked for the new Pope Benedict from 2006 to 2011 as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, the Vatican office in charge of the priestly education and training. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022 Shortly after his priestly ordination, Father Morgan arrived in Utah in September 1920, joined the Knights of Columbus and started work at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, his first ministry assignment in the United States. The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022 Biden is a practicing Catholic, and his election in 2020 spurred the priestly debate. Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2021 Considering that Moses had been preparing Aaron for seven days to assume the priestly responsibilities, the Torah quite simply states that on the eighth day Aaron’s tenure begins. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2021 He was suspended from performing his priestly duties by St. John Paul II for defying the Church by serving as a cabinet minister in the Sandinista government. David Crary, ajc, 31 Dec. 2020 Father Denis, as he was known by generations of students and priestly brothers who yearned simply to live up to his standards, died at Irving Baylor Scott & White Medical Center after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home. Mike Wilson, Dallas News, 21 May 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 priestly adjective as in ministerial of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy majestically robed in priestly garments Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ministerial pastoral clerical sacerdotal ecclesiastical episcopal clerkly apostolic missionary ecclesiastic diocesan papal religious evangelical pontifical divine diaconal evangelic churchly patriarchal monastic sacramental rabbinic canonical holy mendicant conventual rabbinical caliphal monachal Antonyms & Near Antonyms secular lay temporal nonclerical
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