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}]
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]
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