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unpriestly

unpriestly adjective: not priestly.

Adjective

unpriestly (comparative more unpriestly, superlative most unpriestly)

  1. Not priestly.
    • In order to ask oneself whether effective priestly service is at hand, one must look to see whether an unpriestly or antipriestly service is being performed, even among many conventional priestly activities.2015, Jon Sobrino, Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross

Forms of unpriestly

comparativemore unpriestly
superlativemost unpriestly

Origin of unpriestly

From un- + priestly.

Questions about unpriestly

What does unpriestly mean?
Unpriestly means not priestly.
What part of speech is unpriestly?
Unpriestly is an adjective.

Words near unpriestly in the dictionary

  1. unpries
  2. unpriest
  3. unpriested
  4. unpriesting
  5. unpriestlike
  6. unpriestly
  7. unpriests
  8. unpriggish
  9. unpriggishly
  10. unpriggishness
  11. unprimable

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