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adjective

  • Associated with the priesthood or priests.
    • usage: "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
  • Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood.
    • usage: "priestly dedication to the people of his parish"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Priestly is a masculine given name
  • Name Meaning: From the priest's meadow
  • Name Origin: English