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priestless

priestless adjective: without a priest or priests.

Adjective

priestless (not comparable)

  1. Without a priest or priests.

Origin of priestless

From Middle English prestles, perhaps a borrowing from Old Norse prestlauss (“priestless”); otherwise equivalent to priest + -less. Compare Danish præsteløs, Swedish prästlös, Norwegian presteløs, Icelandic prestlaus.

Words formed from priestless

Questions about priestless

What does priestless mean?
Priestless means without a priest or priests.
What part of speech is priestless?
Priestless is an adjective.

Words near priestless in the dictionary

  1. priestish
  2. priestism
  3. priestisms
  4. priestist
  5. priestists
  6. priestless
  7. priestlessness
  8. priestlet
  9. priestlets
  10. Priestley
  11. Priestleyan

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