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priestliness

priestliness noun: the quality or state of being like a priest.

Noun

priestliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being like a priest.
    • My lords have chosen the happier part with Paul / And neither marry nor burn,—yet priestliness / Can find a parallel to the marriage-bond / In its own blessed special ordinance / Whereof indeed was marriage made the type: […]1868, Robert Browning, “V. Count Guido Franceschini.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 103–104, lines 723–727

Origin of priestliness

From priestly + -ness.

Questions about priestliness

What does priestliness mean?
Priestliness means the quality or state of being like a priest.
What part of speech is priestliness?
Priestliness is a noun.

Words near priestliness in the dictionary

  1. Priestleyan
  2. Priestleys
  3. priestlier
  4. priestliest
  5. priestlike
  6. priestliness
  7. priestling
  8. priestlings
  9. priestly
  10. Priestlys
  11. Priestman

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