priestly

priestly

adjective

Definition of PRIESTLY

of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy <majestically robed in priestly garments>

Synonyms clerkly, ministerial, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal

Related Words evangelical (also evangelic), missionary; apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical; churchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical; divine, holy, religious, sacramental; conventual, mendicant, monachal, monastic; caliphal, rabbinic (or rabbinical)

Antonyms lay, nonclerical, secular, temporal