PRIESTLY - Definition

Pronunciation:		'preestlee
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [adj] associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"

	Websites:

	Synonyms:	hieratic, hieratical, priestlike, sacerdotal

	Antonyms:	unpriestly


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Priest"ly\, a. Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. --Shak.