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nonpriestly

nonpriestly adjective: not priestly.

Adjective

nonpriestly (not comparable)

  1. Not priestly.
    • The Pharisees were mostly laymen; to some extent they were antipriestly. The group was under the direction of nonpriestly scribes.1984, Hugo Echegaray, The Practice of Jesus, page 51

Origin of nonpriestly

From non- + priestly.

Questions about nonpriestly

What does nonpriestly mean?
Nonpriestly means not priestly.
What part of speech is nonpriestly?
Nonpriestly is an adjective.

Words near nonpriestly in the dictionary

  1. nonpreventative
  2. nonprevention
  3. nonpreventive
  4. nonprice
  5. nonprickly
  6. nonpriestly
  7. nonprimal
  8. nonprimary
  9. nonprimate
  10. nonprimates
  11. nonprime

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