priestly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
priestly
    adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
           sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
           {priestly}, {hieratic}, {hieratical}, {sacerdotal}]
    2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
       "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn:
       {priestly}, {priestlike}] [ant: {unpriestly}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Priestly \Priest"ly\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal;
   befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a
   priestly farewell. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "priestly":
      abbatial, abbatical, archiepiscopal, canonical, capitular,
      capitulary, churchly, clerical, ecclesiastic, episcopal,
      episcopalian, evangelistic, hieratic, ministerial, missionary,
      pastoral, prelatial, prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, rabbinic,
      sacerdotal, ultramontane

    

[email protected]