priestliness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestliness
Noun
  • This was the difference between chasing holiness and choosing wholeness.
    Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • True holiness can come from deep friendship.
    Jason DeRose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the $50 million award sent a clear message about the cost of reputational harm and the sanctity of personal legacy.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from these Nazi-ish tendencies, Frankenstein is erotically obsessed with the borders of life and death, with wounds and organs being specific sites of fascination; meanwhile, Katrin’s attraction to a lowly, virile farmhand (Joe Dallesandro) jeopardises the sanctity of the experiments.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At its core, this transit is a reminder that clarity is power and in Virgo’s world, cleanliness really is next to godliness.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Cowliness is next to godliness.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The central story of a young boy learning rituals from elders prompts universal questions about how spirituality can guide and limit our lives.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Kaish had a deep connection to spirituality, particularly Jewish mysticism.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two of ours had just reached sainthood.
    Farhan Mustafa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Pope Francis fervently willed the Acutis sainthood case forward — convinced that the church needed someone like him to attract young Catholics to the faith while addressing the promises and perils of the digital age.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins, and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Priestliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestliness. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!